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...
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Hundreds of researchers at the University of Cambridge have been unable to access a computer system because of so-called “malicious activity”. The problem was found five weeks ago on its Clinical School Computing Service, used for high...
Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting higher education institutions. Ransomware attacks in the sector, for instance, were up 70 percent in 2023, according to a report from Malwarebytes. And a Sophos survey suggests that the average recovery cost can...
Weeks before exams are set to begin, students and faculty at one of Manitoba’s largest universities are scrambling to access academic files after a weekend “cyber incident” knocked out network access and forced the institution to cancel classes. Campus...
Data breaches in higher education institutions have led to significant adverse outcomes, such as the loss of funding and student fees and the illegal seizure of intellectual property assets. The financial implications of data breaches at colleges and...