Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-07-19 00:00:00
Affected organization: Lancaster University
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Educational Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Records and ID documents of some Lancaster University students are accessed in the phishing attack and fraudulent invoices are sent to undergraduate applicants. A british citizen is arrested few days after.