Stanford University ransomware attack exposes data of 27,000 people
Stanford University said data of 27,000 people was leaked in a ransomware attack in September. The university failed to detect the autumn attack for four months. A review of potential lawsuits over the data breach followed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Stanford University
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Data of 27,000 people
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- Stanford University said data of 27,000 people had been leaked in a September ransomware attack.
- It emerged that the university had failed to detect the autumn cyber-attack for four months.
- A review of potential lawsuits over the data breach was carried out.
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