Cybersecurity
Hackers Target California University Leading Covid Research
- Attackers infiltrated UCSF then posted ransom note June 3
- University has contacted law enforcement and security experts
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A group of hackers with a history of targeting health-care organizations executed a successful ransomware attack this week on the University of California, San Francisco.
UCSF confirmed it was the target of an “illegal intrusion” but declined to explain which portion of its IT network may have been compromised. Researchers at the university are among those leading American antibody testing and clinical trials for possible coronavirus treatments, including a recent study on anti-malarial drugs touted by President Donald Trump as a possible remedy, then refuted by scientists.