Security News > 2021 > April > Ransomware gang leaks data from Stanford, Maryland universities
Personal and financial information stolen from Stanford Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, and the University of California was leaked online by the Clop ransomware group.
Data stolen in the attack targeting Stanford Medicine's Accellion server includes names, addresses, email addresses, Social Security numbers, and financial information, reported the Stanford Daily.
Since February, the ransomware operation has been leaking files stolen after compromising vulnerable Accellion FTA file-sharing servers.
The ransomware gang started leaking the universities' data during late March, attempting to coerce them to pay ransoms to have the stolen data deleted and the leaks stopped.
Last month, the Clop ransomware gang leaked other data sets allegedly stolen from the University of Colorado and the University of Miami.
BleepingComputer has reported multiple data breaches affecting companies and organizations after these threat actors successfully compromised their Accellion FTA servers and exfiltrated sensitive information.