ANU Enterprise confirms ransomware attack

ANU Enterprise confirms ransomware attack

Australian non-profit ANU Enterprise (ANUE) has confirmed a ransomware attack on its systems.

Last weeksubsidiary of the Australian National University has been listed on the ThreeAM ransomware gang’s dark web leak site.

The threat actor did not provide any information regarding the nature of the incident, other than 0% of the allegedly exfiltrated data was made public.

Now, ANU has confirmed that ANUE has suffered a ransomware incident and that its systems have been accessed.

“The University can confirm that our wholly-owned subsidiary, ANU Enterprise, has recently experienced a ransomware incident,” an ANU spokesperson told Cyber ​​Daily.

“The incident resulted in the encryption and exfiltration of files stored on ANU Enterprise IT Systems.”

The ANU emphasizes that ANUE’s systems are completely separate from those of the university and that “no internal ANU systems were affected”.

Upon identification of the issue, ANUE notified the Australian Cyber ​​Security Center and worked with the ANU Information Security team to restore any affected systems and files.

ANU also said it had notified those affected and had not paid a ransom.

“The University takes cybersecurity and all reports of potential data breaches seriously. The university is committed to safeguarding data across all areas of the organisation, including its subsidiaries,” the spokesperson added.

“ANU Enterprise, together with the ANU Information Security Office, is actively reviewing this incident to recommend additional information security measures to be implemented in the future.”

At the time of writing, Cyber ​​Daily noted that the ThreeAM ransomware gang has yet to release data or update the page to provide additional information.

Daniel Croft

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