Year
2024
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Language
English
Pages
19
ISBN
978-1-52923-355-1
Last Update
02-Nov-2024
Keywords
Technology
While working on this book, one of the editors had to handle the consequences of a cyberattack of his university server by Conti, an infamous Russian group of malevolent hackers. As a consequence, he had no access to all his files for weeks, and some of his personal data were accessible on the darknet. Faculty members were left to speculate why their university was targeted, what the hackers hoped to get out of this, and if a ransom was addressed to the direction of the university. This is one of many instances where our contemporary dependence on data and our...
