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85% of Education Ransomware Starts with Stolen Identities

85% of Education Ransomware Starts with Stolen Identities

Sophos today released its annual State of Ransomware in Education 2026 report, which found that identity-based attack techniques were used in 85% of ransomware attacks against education institutions. Those techniques include malicious email, phishing, compromised credentials and brute force attacks. The 85% rate exceeded the cross-sector average of 79%, underscoring the role identity compromise continues to play [...] The post 85% of Education Ransomware Starts with Stolen Identities appeared first on CXOToday.com .

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