United States
USA
Ransomware attack cancels classes at New Mexico Highlands University
New Mexico Highlands University detected a problem affecting its MyNMHU portal on 3 April 2024 and subsequently confirmed ransomware. The university took impacted systems offline, disrupting online classes, classroom technology and payroll access and causing more than a week of class cancellations.
73
Estimated severity
73 / 100
92
Source reliability
92 / 100
Approximate Date
03/04/2024
Targeted Company
NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
United States
Affected countries
United States
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
11 days
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service unavailabilityOperational disruption
Affected sectors
Education & Research
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Ransomware
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
govtech.comhttps://www.govtech.com/education/higher-ed/ransomware-takes-new-mexico-highlands-university-offlinetherecord.mediahttps://therecord.media/ransomware-new-mexico-highlands-east-central-oklahoma-universitiesgovtech.comhttps://www.govtech.com/education/higher-ed/ransomware-attack-hits-new-mexico-highlands-university