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Florida Memorial University reportedly targeted in ransomware cyberattack | South Florida News
Florida Memorial University (FMU), South Florida’s only historically Black college or university has reportedly fallen victim to a cybersecurity breach by the ransomware group known as INC Ransom. The specifics of the data compromised during this incident remain uncertain, and the university has yet to issue a formal statement regarding the breach.
INC Ransom posts on their blog confirming their recent attack on Florida Memorial University.
In a disturbing display of their malicious capabilities, INC Ransom has uploaded a ‘proof pack’ on its website, showcasing scans of passports, Social Security numbers, and contractual documents, ostensibly sourced from FMU’s databases.
INC Ransom has uploaded a so-called “proof pack” on its website, showcasing scans of passports, Social Security numbers, and contractual documents, ostensibly sourced from FMU’s databases.
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Data Breach: Hackers Steal Information from Carnegie Mellon University |
The US-based Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), which is known for its top tech and computer science programs, recently announced being hit by a cyberattack. The university, located in Pittsburgh revealed that in August 2023, hackers stole data from the educational institution. In a statement to KDKA-TV (spotted by CBS News), a CMU spokesperson said that this breach at the university’s computer systems has compromised the personal information of more than 7,300 people.
The report also notes that a third party accessed files of the university which included personal information.The people possibly impacted are current or former students, employees, applicants and contractors, the report added. As per the report, those who were impacted have been notified and the university is offering them credit monitoring services through Experian.
The report also notes that a third party accessed files of the university which included personal information.The people possibly impacted are current or former students, employees, applicants and contractors, the report added. As per the report, those who were impacted have been notified and the university is offering them credit monitoring services through Experian.
Read what CMU has to say
“On August 25, 2023, the Information Security Office at Carnegie Mellon University detected suspicious activity on a university computer system. A third party briefly accessed files which included some personal information of current or former students, employees, applicants or contractors. Our information security office secured the system within hours of detection and quickly engaged law enforcement. The university recently concluded its full investigation of the breach and sent notification to anyone whose information may have been compromised. There is no evidence of fraud or inappropriate use of the information from those files. Out of an abundance of caution, CMU is offering credit monitoring and other services through Experian for anyone who may be impacted. A total of 7,343 people received notifications.”Cyberattacks targeting colleges and universities around the world have increased with time. In 2023, several educational institutions across the world were attacked by cyber criminals.
According to the data by market research company KonBriefing, cyberattackers targeted institutions in four different countries in December itself. This includes universities from Canada, Austria, Lithuania and Australia.
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Ransomware gang starts leaking data stolen from Quebec university
The LockBit ransomware gang has started releasing data it says was stolen last month from a Quebec university.
The data is from the University of Sherbrooke, with a student body of about 31,000 and 8,200 faculty and staff. Sherbrooke is a city about a two-hour drive east of Montreal.
Asked in an email to comment on the action by LockBit, university Secretary General Jocelyne Faucher referred to the institution’s Dec. 7 statement that said, “certain data from one research laboratory has been compromised.” The incident has had no impact on the university’s activities, the statement added. An investigation continues.
According to a news report on the French language Radio Canada, the university said last month it had not been hit with ransomware.
The university hasn’t said if the compromised data included personal information or intellectual property.
Threat actors go after the education sector for several reasons: First, they believe public school boards can be pressured into paying to get access back to stolen data about children. Second, they believe post-secondary institutions will be subject to pressure from students to pay for the return of stolen personal and research data.
According to Sophos’ most recent annual ransomware report, the education sector was the most likely to have experienced a ransomware attack in 2022. Eight per cent of educational institutions surveyed said they had been hit. “Education traditionally struggles with lower levels of resourcing and technology than many other industries,” the report says, “and the data shows that adversaries are exploiting these weaknesses.”
In June, Ontario’s University of Waterloo interrupted a ransomware attack after being tipped off by the RCMP. The university’s on-premises email server was compromised, but “only a tiny number of users were impacted,” the institution said. All university IT users had to re-set their login passwords.
One of the most recent cyber attacks on a Canadian university happened in December, when Memorial University’s Grenfell campus in Corner Brook, NL, was hit. According to the CBC, IT services at the Marine Institute were temporarily shut down. The start of the new…