cyber-crime
Nottingham Uni says student records raided after ShinyHunters claims cyberattack
Crooks claim 40 GB haul as breach database pegs number of exposed email addresses at 455K
The University of Nottingham has confirmed a cyberattack on its student record system after the ShinyHunters crew claimed to have stolen tens of gigabytes of data from the Russell Group institution."The University of Nottingham has been the victim of a cyber incident and a significant amount of data in our student record system has been accessed by a well-known cybercriminal group," a spokesperson told The Register."We are working with the third party that maintains the platform to lead a forensic investigation. We understand that those affected will have concerns about what this means for their personal data and we will be offering advice and support to our students as we learn more.
"We take the privacy and security of data that we hold seriously, and we have reported this incident to Action Fraud and the Information Commissioner's Office. The university will continue to provide them with further information as our investigation progresses."
