University of New Mexico security incident history
Hacking, data breaches and other security incidents involving University of New Mexico, with related coverage.
Cyber-attack disrupts care, classes and research at University of New Mexico
Impact: Disruption to patient care, classes and research; ambulance diversions; effects on some user devices
The University of New Mexico's Health Sciences Center and hospital experienced operational disruption following a cyber-attack, including the suspension of classes and research and the diversion of ambulances. The university said on 28 October that patient care, classes and research had returned to normal, that only some user devices had been affected, and that core systems and servers had not been compromised. It paid no ransom and warned of further scams after BYOD, which claimed responsibility for the attack, demanded $2,500 in exchange for deleting personal information.
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