Overall, there have been 102 education-related ransomware attacks in 2023 as of mid-September, compared to 116 in 2022, 107 in 2021, 116 in 2020, 104 in 2019 and 16 in 2018.
The average amount of downtime caused by ransomware disruptions has also lengthened quite a bit from 7.9 days in 2022 to 11.6 days in 2023, Comparitech found.
Though more K-12 schools have fallen victim to ransomware attacks than colleges between 2018 and 2023 — 319 versus 240 — the number of colleges targeted has been on a steady ascent.
