Ransomware incident with long-tail exposure risk.
The University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center confirmed that up to 1.2M individuals may have been impacted after threat actors encrypted and likely exfiltrated epidemiology research data.
Exposure reportedly included:
• SSNs, driver’s license numbers
• Historic voter registration datasets
• Multi-decade cohort research files
• Subset research servers (non-clinical operations)
Notably:
- Decryption tool obtained via third-party cybersecurity firm
- Law enforcement engagement
- Systemwide IT security review initiated
Research institutions present unique risk profiles:
Long retention periods
Highly sensitive identifiers
Distributed academic IT environments
Complex legacy systems
From a threat modeling standpoint, are research datasets receiving the same protection priority as clinical or financial systems?
Source: https://therecord.media/university-of-hawaii-ransomware-data-breach
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