8 Jul 2021

School network blocking 2.3 million security threats every day

From Morning Report, 8:41 am on 8 July 2021

The latest report from the national internet service for New Zealand schools, the Network for Learning, say it was blocking more than 1500 security threats a minute in 2020.

The report comes just days after two New Zealand schools were caught up in an international ransomware attack.

Network for Learning chief executive Larrie Moore told education correspondent John Gerritsen internet use is rising across the 2400 schools on the network and so are the potential risks.