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News and information from the Advent IM team.
Ransomware Attacks Cost Universities Over £2m
- by Connor McBean
- Advent IM News
The UK’s education sector continues to be hit by spiraling ransomware attacks, which can cost affected organizations in excess of £2m per incident, according to a new Jisc report. Read via Info Sec Magazine
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University of Hertfordshire’s entire IT system offline after cyber attack
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM Blog
Online classes are cancelled as every IT system is taken down by the attack Read via ItProPortal.
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Open University Targeted With Over a Million Malicious Email Attacks So Far This Year
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The UK’s Open University has been targeted with over 1 million malicious email attacks from January to September this year, according to official figures obtained by the think tank Parliament Street following a Freedom of Information (FoI) request. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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University of Leeds alumni taking legal action after cyber attack leaked personal information
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Former students at universities in York, Birmingham, Newcastle, London, Reading, Surrey and Wales have also been affected. Read story via Kristian Johnson in Leeds Live
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Blackbaud Hack: Universities lose data to ransomware attack
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
At least six universities in the UK and Canada have had student data stolen after hackers attacked a cloud computing provider. Read story by Joe Tidy & Leo Kelion for BBC
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‘Extremely unfortunate data breach’ at Cambridge University clinical school affects over 300 students
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
The accidental breach, which exposed some students’ reasons for intermission and their disabilities, will be reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office. Read story by Joe Cook in Varsity
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