Vanderbilt University hit by ransomware attack claimed by BYOD
Original title: Vanderbilt University reels following ransomware attack claimed by BYOD group
BYOD claims more than one million Social Security numbers; some systems returned Tuesday while others stay restricted.
A ransomware attack detected Monday at Vanderbilt University in Nashville took campus systems offline and appears to have exposed student and employee personal data. BYOD claimed responsibility on its leak blog and said it holds more than one million Social Security numbers. By Tuesday, Wi-Fi, Okta, Outlook, Brightspace, Zoom and YES were usable again, while services such as CampusPrint stayed restricted.
Unconfirmed: The university has not confirmed BYOD's claim of more than one million Social Security numbers.
- The university detected the incident Monday and began restoring select systems Tuesday.
- BYOD emerged in September and previously claimed an attack on University of New Mexico Health.
- A YouTube video shows a Vanderbilt computer playing a BYOD compromise message.
- Student leaders criticized communication and asked that students not be academically penalized.
Impact: Claimed theft of student and employee personal data, including SSNs
- 1.Watch accounts and devices for unexpected pop-ups, file changes, or credential prompts.
- Threat actors
- BYOD
- Countries
- United States
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