Lincoln College in the United States suffered a cyberattack in December 2021. No personal information about the school, staff or students was revealed at the time of the attack. But all necessary systems became inoperable. Lincoln College did not survive the cyber attack and published a farewell letter.
Lincoln College will be the first US higher education institution to be closed for the first time due to the cyber attack. Let’s take a look at the details of the news together.
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Lincoln College will close its doors on Friday!
In the farewell letter featured on the school’s website, Lincoln College said; It was announced that he survived the Spanish flu, wars and the great depression, but could not survive the cyber attack that has been in effect for a year.
Research and Education Networks Knowledge Sharing and Analysis Center, which helps college members collect and share information about cyberattacks “I really feel sorry for Lincoln College I wish there was a way we could help but if you get hit by ransomware it can be very expensive to fix.” made the statement.
A spokesperson for Lincoln College did not share details about the cyberattack. He also refused to interview school officials on the subject. The school principal, on the other hand, expressed that the school has a long history and that they are sorry.
Last year, the amount needed to fix the effects of a cyber attack on a school was announced as 10 million dollars. hackers; Recently, it has caused irreversible damage to large places such as schools, police stations and hospitals. Brett Callow of the cyber security firm announced that at least 14 universities were exposed to cyber attacks in 2022.
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