LOS ANGELES — UCLA says it is the latest victim of a cyberattack, but university officials did not specify what information was accessed or whether any information was posted online.
The incident marks the latest attack that has claimed as victims hundreds of organizations and businesses including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; the multinational law firm Kirkland & Ellis; the states of Oregon, Missouri and Illinois; the California Public Employees' Retirement System; the New York City Department of Education; the French multinational company Schneider Electric; and the Nova Scotia government, according to a list posted online by the ransomware group.
UCLA learned about a breach on May 28 in the system that the university uses to transfer files across the campus and to other entities, according to UCLA officials. The university implemented its incident-response procedure and patched the loophole used by the hackers with an update from Progress Software, the makers of a file transfer software product called MOVEit.
