United Kingdom
GBR
Cyberattack cancels University of Sunderland online teaching and disables student systems
The University of Sunderland reported a suspected cyberattack after IT outages beginning October 12, 2021. Online lectures were cancelled as phone lines, email, web services, student learning platforms, Wi-Fi and printing became inaccessible; face-to-face teaching continued as far as possible.
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Estimated severity
76 / 100
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Source reliability
88 / 100
Approximate Date
2021-10-12
Targeted Company
UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND
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
Service degradationService unavailability
Affected sectors
Education & Research
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
No information
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
itpro.comhttps://www.itpro.com/security/cyber-attacks/361235/university-sunderland-online-lectures-cancelled-cyber-attackinfosecurity-magazine.comhttps://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/uni-sunderland-suspected-attack/bleepingcomputer.comhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/university-of-sunderland-announces-outage-following-cyberattack/