Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2021-03-07 00:00:00
Affected organization: University of Texas at El Paso
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Educational Services
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The computer network of the University of Texas at El Paso was turned off  after a "potentially malicious intrusion" was detected in. Email and the server hosting the university's website were affected by the incident, forcing faculty and students to communicate via Blackboard. The cyber-attack has also led to the closure of the university's walk-up COVID-19 testing sites.