University of Illinois Chicago affected by ransomware attack on medical school
Booba ransomware hit UIC's College of Medicine, stealing data without disrupting patient care.
The University of Illinois Chicago discovered ransomware that limited access to some College of Medicine systems and stole data from college servers. An investigation is checking whether personal, research, or academic information was compromised. Affected systems were restored; the university's main network and patient care at UI Health were not impacted. Booba claimed 344 gigabytes and has claimed 49 attacks since emerging in late July. SentinelOne said Booba appears to be a Frag rebrand, with Windows and Linux variants that rename files using the .booba extension.
- College of Medicine systems were temporarily unavailable and later restored.
- The main campus network and UI Health patient care were not affected.
- Booba claimed 344 GB and has claimed 49 attacks since late July.
- SentinelOne links Booba to Frag; encrypted files use the .booba extension.
- The gang has also targeted Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
- Threat actors
- Booba
- Organizations
- University of Illinois ChicagoSentinelOneUI Health
- Countries
- United States
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1 min read at therecord.mediaA ransomware attack that affected the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine resulted in the theft of some information from its servers.
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