Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-01-05 00:00:00
Affected organization: University of Alberta
Affected country: Canada
Industry: Educational Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The University of Alberta discloses the details of a malware attack, occurring late last year, that involved 300 computers and put over 3,000 students at risk.