Stanford University has notified victims of a data breach in which the personal info of more than 27,000 people was accessed. The ransomware gang known as Akira was able to gain access to the schools Department of Public Safety’s network from May 12th until September 27th, 2023. The data collected includes DOBs, SSNs, Gov ID #’s, passport #’s, driver’s license #’s and, for some victims, biometric data, health/medical info, email addresses and passwords, and more.
Darren Williams, CEO and Founder, BlackFog had this to say:
“The attack on Stanford University highlights the need for consistent monitoring of data leaving the network. With hackers successfully exfiltrating sensitive data, the victims of this attack will no doubt be dealing with relentless extortion attempts going forward. As with many attacks, hackers were able to bypass perimeter defense tools and spend months lurking in the system undetected. To really mitigate the risk of data breaches organizations must look past perimeter defense and focus on protecting the back door with anti data exfiltration solutions.”
I for one am a bit bothered by two things. One is that the event happened between May and September of last year. Second is that we’re only finding out about it now. That gives threat actors a whole lot of time to use that data for whatever evil purposes that they desire. Which isn’t a good thing for the victims involved.
Related
This entry was posted on March 12, 2024 at 2:10 pm and is filed under Commentary with tags Hacked. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Stanford University Pwned…. 27,000 People Affected
Stanford University has notified victims of a data breach in which the personal info of more than 27,000 people was accessed. The ransomware gang known as Akira was able to gain access to the schools Department of Public Safety’s network from May 12th until September 27th, 2023. The data collected includes DOBs, SSNs, Gov ID #’s, passport #’s, driver’s license #’s and, for some victims, biometric data, health/medical info, email addresses and passwords, and more.
Darren Williams, CEO and Founder, BlackFog had this to say:
“The attack on Stanford University highlights the need for consistent monitoring of data leaving the network. With hackers successfully exfiltrating sensitive data, the victims of this attack will no doubt be dealing with relentless extortion attempts going forward. As with many attacks, hackers were able to bypass perimeter defense tools and spend months lurking in the system undetected. To really mitigate the risk of data breaches organizations must look past perimeter defense and focus on protecting the back door with anti data exfiltration solutions.”
I for one am a bit bothered by two things. One is that the event happened between May and September of last year. Second is that we’re only finding out about it now. That gives threat actors a whole lot of time to use that data for whatever evil purposes that they desire. Which isn’t a good thing for the victims involved.
Share this:
Like this:
Related
This entry was posted on March 12, 2024 at 2:10 pm and is filed under Commentary with tags Hacked. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.