Carl Wearn | Source | Head of E-crime at Mimecast

As many hundreds of students were affected, this has taken a massive effort from staff through the day, who have worked quickly to try to contact everybody. Educational establishments are particularly vulnerable to attack given the collaborative nature of their operating environment and the need to allow a wide range of student and tutor's devices remote connectivity to their network. IT professionals should be alive to the increased potential for this form of attack as 5G rolls out, increasing data throughput for a vast array of mobile devices, especially with more of the workforce working remotely.