Based on 481 ransomware attacks from the Dutch police and a Dutch incident response party, we arrive at a number of key insights: Insurance led to a 2.8x higher ransom amount paid, without affecting the frequency of payments. Data exfiltration led to a 5...
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College information technology employees received emergency notifications about an intrusion into CCC’s network servers; it was the first of several attacks against the college network that took place into the early hours of Friday morning. The team...
Hackers last week attacked Discord online groups used by students, instructors and alumni at UC Irvine, posting gory videos of human and animal mutilation that reportedly sent some viewers to the hospital and caused a lot of “vomiting and tears.” About...
Kansas State University (K-State) announced it is managing a cybersecurity incident that has disrupted certain network systems, including VPN, K-State Today emails, and video services on Canvas and Mediasite. Impacted systems were taken offline upon...
Until recently, universities had been attacked only very occasionally. One of the last in this sad line-up was the University of Michigan. But the last year has also seen major attacks against accelerators and telescopes ─ as collateral damage and as the...