United Kingdom
GBR
University of Manchester cyberattack forces temporary loss of its student services portal
After unauthorized parties accessed university systems in June 2023 and reportedly copied some data, the university took its central My Manchester student-services portal offline during the response. Alternative direct links remained available for core student functions, limiting but not eliminating service disruption.
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Estimated severity
69 / 100
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Source reliability
92 / 100
Approximate Date
2023-06-09
Targeted Company
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
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 Kingdom
Affected countries
United Kingdom
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Operational disruptionService degradation
Affected sectors
Education & Research
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Data exfiltrationUnauthorized access
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
manchester.ac.ukhttps://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/cyber-incident-statement/studentnews.manchester.ac.ukhttps://studentnews.manchester.ac.uk/2023/07/07/accessing-university-systems-while-my-manchester-is-unavailable/staffnet.manchester.ac.ukhttps://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/news/archive/list/?month=07&year=2023