In recent years, colleges and universities have faced an evolving array of cybersecurity challenges. But one threat is showing signs of becoming both more frequent and more politically charged: hacktivism.
Hacktivism, or cyberattacks driven by political, ideological, or social motivations, is not new to higher education. In the past decade, campuses have been hit by everything from website defacements to distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) campaigns aimed at disrupting events. In some cases, these attacks have been conducted by students or alumni; in others, they’ve been launched by global actors with no direct tie to the institution.
However, recent events suggest that higher ed leaders can no longer view hacktivism as an occasional nuisance. Instead, it is fast becoming a persistent, high-impact risk.
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