07-24-2020 , 02:13 AM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/technology-53516413 Blackbaud Hack: Universities lose data to ransomware attack
By Joe Tidy & Leo Kelion
Technology reporters, BBC News
23 July 2020 Technology At least eight universities in the UK and Canada have had data stolen about students and/or alumni after hackers attacked a cloud computing provider.
Human Rights Watch and the children's mental health charity, Young Minds, have also confirmed they were affected.
The hack targeted Blackbaud, one of the world's largest providers of education administration, fundraising, and financial management software.
The US-based company's systems were hacked in May.
It has been criticised for not disclosing this externally until July and for having paid the hackers an undisclosed ransom.
In some cases, the data was limited to that of former students, who had been asked to financially support the establishments they had graduated from. But in others it extended to staff, existing students and other supporters.
The institutions the BBC has confirmed have been affected are:
University of York
Oxford Brookes University
Loughborough University
University of Leeds
University of London
University of Reading
University College, Oxford
Ambrose University in Alberta, Canada
Human Rights Watch
Young Minds
Rhode Island School of Design in the US
All the institutions are sending letters and emails apologising to those on the compromised databases.
By Joe Tidy & Leo Kelion
Technology reporters, BBC News
23 July 2020 Technology At least eight universities in the UK and Canada have had data stolen about students and/or alumni after hackers attacked a cloud computing provider.
Human Rights Watch and the children's mental health charity, Young Minds, have also confirmed they were affected.
The hack targeted Blackbaud, one of the world's largest providers of education administration, fundraising, and financial management software.
The US-based company's systems were hacked in May.
It has been criticised for not disclosing this externally until July and for having paid the hackers an undisclosed ransom.
In some cases, the data was limited to that of former students, who had been asked to financially support the establishments they had graduated from. But in others it extended to staff, existing students and other supporters.
The institutions the BBC has confirmed have been affected are:
University of York
Oxford Brookes University
Loughborough University
University of Leeds
University of London
University of Reading
University College, Oxford
Ambrose University in Alberta, Canada
Human Rights Watch
Young Minds
Rhode Island School of Design in the US
All the institutions are sending letters and emails apologising to those on the compromised databases.