Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-12-23 00:00:00
Affected organization: Maastricht University (UM)
Affected country: Netherlands
Industry: Educational Services
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: TA505
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Maastricht University (UM) announces that almost all of its Windows systems have been encrypted by ransomware following a cyber-attack that took place on December 23.