UNM cancels second day of health classes after cyberattack
Original title: Day 2 of canceled classes at University of New Mexico after Health Sciences Center cyberattack
Hospitals resumed accepting patients after Monday ambulance diversions, while BYOD's ransomware and data-theft claims remain unverified.
The University of New Mexico canceled medicine, nursing, and pharmacy classes for a second day after a cybersecurity event at the Health Sciences Center on October 26, 2026. Systems were shut down, clinics canceled, and ambulances diverted; the university later said hospital appointments returned while nonessential staff stayed home. It notified law enforcement and has not described the attack. The BYOD group claims it compromised 36,000 machines and student and employee data.
Unconfirmed: The university has not confirmed ransomware or data theft; BYOD's claims are unverified.
- The university announced the event at 14:30 local time on October 26.
- Ambulances were diverted to facilities in Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
- BYOD claims both Active Directory forests and two Oracle databases were hit.
- A spokesperson declined further questions and pointed to the public statement.
- An Emergency Operations Center was activated to coordinate the response.
Impact: Clinical outage and ambulance diversion; claimed student and staff data theft
- Threat actors
- BYOD
- Countries
- United States
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