Technological University Dublin

Tallaght campus of the Technological University Dublin suffered a ransomware which impacted both IT systems and campus back-ups.

The attack also caused disruption to some ICT systems on Tallaght campus after which the university notified that ICT Helpdesk cannot respond to requests till the attack is contained.

The university also informed its student and staff to use any of the campus IT systems as they tried to restore the impacted IT systems.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-hits-tu-dublin-and-national-college-of-ireland/

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/tudublin

"id": "tec15425522",
"linkid": "tudublin",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "6/2017",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Tallaght, Dublin',
                        'name': 'Technological University Dublin',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'description': 'Tallaght campus of the Technological University Dublin '
                'suffered a ransomware attack which impacted both IT systems '
                'and campus back-ups. The attack also caused disruption to '
                'some ICT systems on Tallaght campus after which the '
                'university notified that ICT Helpdesk cannot respond to '
                'requests till the attack is contained. The university also '
                'informed its student and staff to use any of the campus IT '
                'systems as they tried to restore the impacted IT systems.',
 'impact': {'operational_impact': ['Disruption to ICT systems',
                                   'ICT Helpdesk unavailable'],
            'systems_affected': ['IT systems',
                                 'Campus back-ups',
                                 'ICT systems']},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': ['Informing students and staff not to '
                                         'use campus IT systems'],
              'remediation_measures': ['Restoring impacted IT systems']},
 'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Tallaght Campus of Technological University '
          'Dublin',
 'type': 'Ransomware'}