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Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning: network incident disrupts state student financial aid office
IHL said a network security incident affected its offices including the Office of Student Financial Aid.
- Disclosed
What happened
- IHL said a network security incident affected its offices including the Office of Student Financial Aid; applications could still be filed through the MAAPP portal, but Konbriefing reports processing and payments were delayed. No impact on individual universities.
- Root cause / initial access: not disclosed.
- Attacker: not identified.
- Response: external cybersecurity professionals engaged; restoration prioritised.
Sources
- https://www.mississippi.edu/news/ihl-experiences-network-security-incident-0
- https://konbriefing.com/en-topics/cyber-attacks-universities.html
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