Virginia Tech Says it Was Targeted in 2 Recent Cyberattacks

[Sophia Kingsbury <sophia.kingsbury () riskbasedsecurity com>]

https://www.securityweek.com/virginia-tech-says-it-was-targeted-2-recent-cyberattacks

*Virginia Tech says it was targeted in two recent cyberattacks but feels
confident no data was stolen.*

Virginia Tech spokesman Mark Owczarski told the Roanoke Times Friday a few
university units used Kaseya, a U.S. software company exploited in early
July in a massive ransomware attack that snarled businesses around the
world.

Owczarski said the malware the hackers pushed out to Kaseya customers could
have exposed student data but the university found no evidence that
happened.

In a separate attack in May, encryption data was used to attack a
university server, blocking the ability of the university to access the
data, the newspaper reported. Owczarski said that while hackers exploited
vulnerable software on the server, there’s also no evidence data was taken.

He told the newspaper the university did not pay ransom money in either
attack. Problems from the first attack have been resolved but work is still
underway to restore computers from the most recent attack, which was more
widespread.

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