Breaches and incidents
Universitaet Rostock: attackers used a hijacked student account, police investigating
NDR (29 Oct) reports, citing university spokeswoman Kristin Noeltig, that not the whole IT but the account of one student was affected, giving the...
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What happened
- NDR (29 Oct) reports, citing university spokeswoman Kristin Noeltig, that not the whole IT but the account of one student was affected, giving the attackers access to data available to all students; a first technical analysis found no indication that sensitive or personal data was stolen.
- Root cause: per the university, a compromised student account; how it was compromised was not disclosed.
- No attacker named by the university; NDR notes media reports that the hackers came from Russia and stole 120 GB, which the spokeswoman declined to comment on.
- The university set up a crisis team and the Rostock criminal police are investigating.