Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-07-17 00:00:00
Affected organization: 62 universities
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Educational Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Hackers target the systems of 62 colleges and universities by exploiting a vulnerability in third-party software used by the universities.