2018-09-14
IT attacks in higher education have interesting holiday patterns
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According to this article: Students blamed for university and college cyber-attacks - BBC News the new pattern is that attacks on IT systems in higher education happen in active times in education. Interesting quote (for me):There was a very sharp decline in attacks in the Christmas, Easter and summer breaks and during half-terms - with attacks rising again sharply when terms resumed.I remember starting in system administration and learning quickly that the Christmas holidays period was the busiest period in attempts to break in to computer systems all over the world. This was simply explained by the fact that the Christmas holidays are the most universal school holiday in the world and all the teenage hackers had time to play with computers, modems and networks.