University of Utah hit by ransomware, pays $457K ransom

From bleepingcomputer.com

University of Utah

The University of Utah has paid a $457,000 ransomware to prevent threat actors from releasing files stolen during a ransomware attack.

In a ‘data security incident’ notification posted today, the University of Utah disclosed that they were attacked by ransomware on Sunday, July 19, 2020.

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