On June 23, 2020, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation sent out a security alert to K-12 schools about the increase in ransomware attacks during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, especially about ransomware gangs that abuse remote desktop connections to break into school systems.
The alert, called a Private Industry Notification, or PIN, tells schools that "cyber actors are likely to increase targeting of K-12 schools during the COVID-19 pandemic because they represent an opportunistic targe
