Dartmouth’s Data Debacle: When Cybercriminals Get a Degree in Hacking!
Dartmouth College confirmed a data breach after cybercriminals targeted its Oracle E-Business Suite. The attack led to the exfiltration of personal and financial information, including Social Security numbers. Nearly 1,500 Maine residents are affected. Dartmouth joins a not-so-exclusive club with Harvard, Southern Illinois, and Tulane as victims of this Oracle EBS campaign.
Hot Take:
When Dartmouth College signed up for an Ivy League education, they likely didn’t anticipate cybercriminals giving them an unsolicited crash course in data exfiltration! The Cl0p ransomware group is making headlines faster than Dartmouth can say “data breach,” and let’s just say the campus IT team is probably pulling all-nighters that have nothing to do with finals week. Looks like this old-school institution has found itself in a very new-school problem!
Key Points:
- Dartmouth College’s Oracle E-Business Suite was targeted in a zero-day attack between August 9 and August 12.
- Cybercriminals managed to exfiltrate files containing personal and financial information, impacting up to 1,500 Maine residents.
- The Cl0p ransomware group has claimed responsibility and released 226 Gb of data allegedly stolen from Dartmouth.
- Other universities, including Harvard and Southern Illinois University, were also victims of the same Oracle hack.
- Canon and Mazda were targeted in the Oracle campaign but have not confirmed data leakage.