🎓 Universities Are High-Impact Targets – Not Just For Money

🚨 Attackers deface pages and leak records to expose perceived policy violations or to protest actions.

🔍 Academic networks hold sensitive research, personal data, and fragmented systems that invite exploitation by attackers.

⚠️ Ideological groups sometimes use breaches to make public statements and pressure institutional leaders.

💥 Some attacks include multi-year data dumps, causing reputational damage and regulatory exposure for schools.

📈 Attempts against higher education infrastructure have risen sharply, showing a global and persistent trend.

🛡️ Defenders must prioritize unified governance, visibility, and rapid incident response across all departments.

🔐 Implement identity hygiene, segmentation, and rapid patching to reduce attack surface and lateral movement risk.

🧪 Run red team simulations and tabletop exercises to test readiness and public communication plans effectively.

🔎 Monitor for spikes in submissions, unusual access patterns, and cross-departmental anomalies in logs to detect intrusions early.

🤝 Coordinate with legal, PR, and academic leadership to prepare rapid, transparent responses that limit fallout.

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