An exclusive article by Cyberdaily.com on 16 February stated that the Australian National University is in the process of investigating an alleged ransomware attack.
The ‘FSociety’ hacking group posted on a darknet leak site the following “To the board of A********n N******l U********y, We have took over the servers A*u.edu.au and before encryption we extracted all data, we will give you (seven) days before any leak. All Student and Teacher Leak in this field will hurt future image, if you comply we will be willing to make this all go away. We will be waiting for your response.”
There was no listed ransom amount for the alleged leak and ‘FSociety’ threatened to publish the data within seven days.
In a recent email to students, the ANU stated “The University has investigated the recent ransomware threat incident, working very closely with the Australian Cyber Security Centre. There is currently no active ransomware threat against the University and this investigation is now closed.”
In the ANU’s 2019 data breach, details like; names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, personal email addresses, emergency contact details, tax file numbers, payroll information, bank account details, passport details and student academic records were exposed.
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