Cyber attack on Dubai school network, parents warned

guest · Mar 25, 2019

Cyber attack on Dubai school network, parents warned
Staff email accounts were compromised, but no data breached, official says
March 24, 2019
https://gulfnews.com/uae/cyber-attack-on-dubai-school-network-parents-warned-1.62883738

A British school in Dubai has warned parents about a cyber attack on its network last week, but has reassured them that necessary action has been taken to safeguard student and parent information.

"[...] The phishing attack was one of many that are unfortunately growing more prevalent in our ever connected, online lives. The attackers leveraged a tactic known as ‘password spraying’, a technique that exploits weak passwords and managed to compromise a number of staff email accounts.”

He said, “The incident was recognised and dealt with within hours of the failed attack. The hackers gained very limited access, and our system resisted further attempts to circumvent the additional layers of our network security. The attack did not result in any data breaches.”
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