Breaches and incidents
Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin: suspicious network activity, devices and servers isolated
Uni-heute reports (16 Oct) that HU’s IT department detected unusual network activity on 12 Oct 2026 and classified it as security-relevant.
- Disclosed
- Verification
- Reported by a reputable outlet, citing the company
What happened
- Uni-heute reports (16 Oct) that HU’s IT department detected unusual network activity on 12 Oct 2026 and classified it as security-relevant; individual endpoints and servers were isolated as a precaution.
- Root cause: not disclosed; it was not yet clear whether data was exfiltrated.
- No attacker named.
- HU is investigating with an external IT forensics provider; the IT department advised people to change passwords for online accounts accessed from HU devices or the HU network.