Technion University, the leading technology university in Israel, was attacked by a ransomware group going by the name of DarkBit.
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, the nation’s foremost center for technical research, was attacked by the previously unheard-of group DarkBit. Attackers are requesting 80 bitcoins (more than $1.7 million) from the university in order to return stolen data.
Researchers at vx-underground and CyberIL were able to retrieve a ransom note that suggests the attackers may have political motivations given the message’s references to the university’s alleged offenses.
When this article was written, the university’s website was down. The university confirmed the incident and stated that Technion experts read the complete article Israel’s Technion university targeted with ransomware.
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