More than a third of UK universities are hit by a successful cyber attack every hour, according to a study that raises questions about institutions’ ability to cope with the rising tide of hacking.
A survey of IT leaders at 50 UK universities found that almost all – 87 per cent – had experienced at least one successful cyber attack, such as the distributed denial of service attack that brought down the nationwide JANET network four months ago.
But what was striking was the reported frequency of the violations, with 36 per cent of respondents saying that they had to contend with a successful cyber attack every hour.
Such attacks can leave staff, students and institutions’ economic interests highly vulnerable. Forty-three per cent of respondents said that hackers had targeted student data, including dissertation material and exam results, while a quarter had experienced intellectual property theft and had had research data infiltrated. For the full article click here
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