Brown University

Brown University, a private US research university, suffered a cyber attack on its system after which it had to disable systems and cut connections to the data centre.

The attack focused on the university’s Windows-based devices and thus faculty and staff had to switch to computers running other operating systems, smartphones, or tablets.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/brown-university-hit-by-cyberattack-some-systems-still-offline/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/brown-university

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"linkid": "brown-university",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "04/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

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                        'location': 'United States',
                        'name': 'Brown University',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'description': 'Brown University, a private US research university, suffered '
                'a cyber attack on its system after which it had to disable '
                'systems and cut connections to the data centre. The attack '
                'focused on the university’s Windows-based devices and thus '
                'faculty and staff had to switch to computers running other '
                'operating systems, smartphones, or tablets.',
 'impact': {'operational_impact': 'Disabled systems and cut connections to the '
                                  'data centre',
            'systems_affected': ['Windows-based devices']},
 'response': {'containment_measures': ['Disabled systems and cut connections '
                                       'to the data centre'],
              'recovery_measures': ['Faculty and staff switched to computers '
                                    'running other operating systems, '
                                    'smartphones, or tablets']},
 'title': 'Cyber Attack on Brown University',
 'type': 'Cyber Attack'}