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University of Texas forced to take systems offline in San Antonio after cyberattack

University of Texas at San Antonio took phones and other systems offline after detecting threat activity, with no evidence of data theft.

The University of Texas at San Antonio, which serves 40,000 students across six campuses, detected threat activity at the edge of its academic network over the weekend and took systems including phones offline. Its CTO said the activity was contained before reaching core systems and that the investigation found no evidence of data access or exfiltration. Mandatory password resets for students and teachers were ordered but delayed, and the student payment deadline was extended to Friday as classes begin Wednesday. No hacking group has claimed credit, and universities are frequently targeted around academic calendar transitions.

The Record · 29d agoData breach

Week in review: Records allegedly stolen from Azure tenants, Medusa ransomware hits 500+ orgs

Week in review: Medusa ransomware hit 500+ orgs per CISA, millions of Azure tenant records allegedly stolen, SafePal and French tax authority breaches disclosed.

Help Net Security's weekly roundup covers the FBI, CISA, and HHS joint advisory update reporting Medusa ransomware has breached more than 500 organizations since June 2021, and threat actor TheHatman's claim of millions of employee records stolen from Azure tenants of Fortune 500 firms including McDonald's, Vodafone, Kyndryl, and Tata Consultancy Services, per Hudson Rock. It also covers the SafePal breach affecting 39,798 customers, France's DGFiP breach exposing data on 678,000 individuals, and UT San delaying its fall semester after a cyberattack. Security items include critical unauthenticated GitLab flaw CVE-2026-19478, an actively exploited patched macOS Screen Sharing flaw deploying a cryptominer, US charges against 17 Mabna Institute Iranian hackers over 31TB of stolen academic data, and Google Mandiant's AI agents finding 100+ high-severity vulnerabilities.

Help Net Security · 25d agoData breach in the wildCVE-2026-19478

Massachusetts school district, city hall shutter after cyber incidents

Springfield Public Schools (23,000 students) and Everett city hall in Massachusetts closed after weekend cyber incidents disrupted essential systems.

Springfield Public Schools, serving 23,000 students across more than 60 schools, closed buildings on Tuesday to investigate a cyber incident that disrupted systems needed for essential operations, including phones and attendance reporting. Separately, Everett, Massachusetts (population over 50,000) closed City Hall to the public after a cyberattack discovered Sunday evening impacted its internal network, though police, fire, public works and schools operate normally. The article notes multiple universities and K-12 districts have announced cyberattacks in recent weeks as hackers exploit the new school year for ransom leverage.

The Record · 8d agoData breach in the wild

Ministry of Justice apologizes after court staff accessed Southport victims' files

UK Ministry of Justice apologized after court staff accessed Southport attack victims' files without authorization, exposing sensitive personal data with no evidence of third-party sharing.

The UK Ministry of Justice apologized after court staff accessed case files related to victims and survivors of the 2024 Southport murders without authorization, including sensitive personal data assessed as high risk for some individuals. There is no evidence the information was shared with third parties. HM Courts and Tribunals Service and HM Prison and Probation Service are investigating, and the Information Commissioner's Office has been informed. The incident follows similar unauthorized record access at North West Ambulance Service and Aintree University Hospital.

The Register · Security · 20h agoData breach