Scotland's university procurement center confirms cybercrooks broke in

APUC investigating after criminals claim historical data theft

Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC) says attackers gained unauthorized access to historical data in a cyberattack earlier this month.

The Scottish education procurement body said it immediately contained the mid-July intrusion and was investigating claims that some of the data had been stolen.

"We recently discovered suspicious activity on our IT systems involving unauthorized access to certain historic data," an APUC spokesperson told The Register. "We took immediate action to contain the incident and are investigating the scope of it, working alongside external technical specialists. There has been no operational disruption to our day-to-day activities.

"We are aware that the group responsible for the unauthorized access has claimed to have taken some historic data from our systems. We are investigating this as a matter of priority. We have notified the relevant authorities and will continue to cooperate with them."

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