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Covered by 2 outlets — first reported by The Record, Nov 9, 18:30 UTC

Vanderbilt cybersecurity incident impacting campus devices and systems

Summary

Vanderbilt University announced a cyberattack and warned students and employees that campus devices and systems may be affected. Infosecurity Magazine reports the university took systems offline, and that a ransomware group calling itself BYOD has claimed to have locked university databases and stolen sensitive data. The university has not confirmed the group's claim in the coverage reviewed.

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2 outlets, in the order they reported it.

  1. The RecordFirst report

    Vanderbilt cybersecurity incident impacting campus devices and systems

    Vanderbilt University announced a cyberattack, warning students and employees that campus devices and systems may be impacted by the incident.

    Read at The Record Details

  2. Infosecurity Magazine

    Vanderbilt University Takes Systems Offline After Cyber Incident

    The BYOD ransomware group has claimed to have locked the university’s databases and stolen sensitive data from its systems

    Read at Infosecurity Magazine Details

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