Security News > 2021 > September > Howard University shuts down network after ransomware attack
The private Howard University in Washington disclosed that it suffered a ransomware attack late last week and is currently working to restore affected systems.
The attack took offline a large number of university systems, leading to reduced operations.
In a statement this week, Howard University says that its information technology team on Friday, September 3, detected irregular activity on the network.
Following the cyber response protocol designed to limit and mitigate cybercriminal activity, the university's Enterprise Technology Services shut down the network and started to investigate the issue.
Although the university is working to restore operations, there is no estimate for complete remediation.
"We are currently working with leading external forensic experts and law enforcement to fully investigate the incident and the impact" - Howard University.
News URL
Related news
- Kidney dialysis firm DaVita hit by weekend ransomware attack (source)
- Ahold Delhaize confirms data theft after INC ransomware claims attack (source)
- Interlock ransomware gang pushes fake IT tools in ClickFix attacks (source)
- Interlock ransomware claims DaVita attack, leaks stolen data (source)
- Ransomware attacks are getting smarter, harder to stop (source)
- Hitachi Vantara takes servers offline after Akira ransomware attack (source)
- Marks & Spencer breach linked to Scattered Spider ransomware attack (source)
- Ukrainian extradited to US for Nefilim ransomware attacks (source)
- US indicts Black Kingdom ransomware admin for Microsoft Exchange attacks (source)
- Co-op confirms data theft after DragonForce ransomware claims attack (source)