University of St. Thomas hack disrupts access to systems
The University of St. Thomas in Houston isolated some systems in response to an attempted server hack. Students about to start the semester were unable to access the website, logins, class schedules and financial aid information. No signs of a data breach were initially found, but a large-scale data breach later came to light and critics said the university's disclosure was limited.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- University of St. Thomas
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Students' access to the website, logins, class schedules and financial aid information disrupted, and data breached
- Cause / method
- Server hack
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- The university isolated some systems in response to an attempted server hack, with no signs of a data breach found at the time.
- Following a large-scale data breach, critics said the university's disclosure was limited.
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