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The three targeted colleges include Oberlin College of Ohio, Grinnell College of Iowa, and New York&#8217;s Hamilton College.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An investigation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/threat-actors-launched-ransomware-attacks-against-three-u-s-colleges-seizing-the-data-on-students-applying-for-admission\/\">confirmed<\/a> <g class=\"gr_ gr_85 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del\" id=\"85\" data-gr-id=\"85\">cyber criminals<\/g> were able to access each school&#8217;s database after phishing passwords from staff.   It is believed the attacks could have been avoided if the educational institutions had been deploying two-factor authentication.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attack successfully encrypted student admission data.  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