University of Utah

The University of Utah has paid around $457,000 after its College of Social and Behavioral Science servers were attacked by hackers.

The attack impacted the data of both employees and students but the IT services and systems were restored from backup copies.

Source: https://www.securityweek.com/university-utah-pays-457000-ransomware-operators

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

"id": "uni17568222",
"linkid": "university-of-utah",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "08/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': ['Employees', 'Students'],
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Utah, USA',
                        'name': 'University of Utah',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Employee data', 'Student data']},
 'description': 'The University of Utah has paid around $457,000 after its '
                'College of Social and Behavioral Science servers were '
                'attacked by hackers. The attack impacted the data of both '
                'employees and students, but the IT services and systems were '
                'restored from backup copies.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Employee data', 'Student data'],
            'financial_loss': '$457,000',
            'systems_affected': ['College of Social and Behavioral Science '
                                 'servers']},
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Restoration from backup copies']},
 'threat_actor': 'Unknown hackers',
 'title': 'University of Utah Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}