Mount Royal University Confirms Data Stolen in Ransomware Attack
Mount Royal University (MRU), a public university in Alberta, Canada, has confirmed that employee and student data was stolen from its network in a disruptive ransomware attack.
The incident was discovered on June 17, after hackers deleted two file storage systems: one containing employee and student data, and another used for departmental data storage.
The attack disrupted certain internal systems, as well as online services and internet access, the university announced on June 18.
In a fresh update, MRU confirmed that a ransomware group was behind the attack and that employee and student data hosted on its ‘H drive’ was exfiltrated and deleted.
“The H drive is a file storage system used by individual employees and students. Our analysis indicates that this incident affected specific folders rather than the entire H drive. We will begin directly notifying employees and students whose H drive folders were compromised within the coming week,”...
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