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University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine: Booba ransomware, data stolen
UIC said “some College of Medicine systems were temporarily unavailable” and hackers stole some information from college servers.
- Disclosed
What happened
- UIC said “some College of Medicine systems were temporarily unavailable” and hackers stole some information from college servers; all affected systems were restored, the main university network was not affected and UI Health patient care was not affected (The Record).
- Root cause / initial access: not disclosed.
- Attacker: the Booba ransomware gang claimed it and claims 344 GB; SentinelOne says Booba appears to be a rebrand of Frag ransomware.
- Response: law enforcement notified; notifications planned.
Sources
- https://therecord.media/ransomware-university-illinois-chicago
- https://konbriefing.com/en-topics/cyber-attacks-universities.html
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