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 unauthorized access attempt and delayed the start of the fall semester to August 24, 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 August 24, welcoming students.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- University of Texas at San Antonio
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Some IT services taken offline and fall semester start delayed
- Cause / method
- Unauthorized 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 August 24, saying there was no evidence of data access or theft.
- The Texas Cyber Command confirmed the university had been breached.
- The university began the fall semester, which had been delayed by the cybersecurity incident.
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