University of Texas at San Antonio delays start of classes after intrusion attempt
The University of Texas at San Antonio in the United States took some IT services offline in response to an unauthorised access attempt and delayed the start of the autumn semester to 24 August 2026. The university said it blocked the access before it reached core systems and that there was no evidence of data being accessed or stolen. The university began the semester on 24 August, welcoming students.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- University of Texas at San Antonio
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Some IT services taken offline and autumn semester start delayed
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access attempt on university IT systems
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- The hack of the university website and the restoration of access came to light.
- The university took some IT services offline and delayed the start of classes to 24 August, saying there was no evidence of data access or theft.
- The Texas Cyber Command confirmed the university had been breached.
- The university began the autumn semester, which had been delayed by the cyber security incident.
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