Cyberattack on LMU Munich Exposes 600K Student Records
Large-scale cyberattack on Munich University: hackers gained access to student data from the last 50 years. As a result of the cyberattack on Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), approximately 600,000 records of current and former students were affected.
Consensus
- A cyberattack occurred on Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich on September 16.
- Approximately 600,000 records of current and former students from the past 50 years were compromised.
- The compromised data included student lists, contact information, and bank details.
- Passwords, exam results, and academic performance data were not affected.
- The university took countermeasures to isolate the affected system and stop the data leak.
- The university is monitoring the dark web for potential misuse of data and advising students to be cautious with communications related to the university.
Points of divergence
- The university did not specify whether it had reported the attack to the police for investigation. — tg_echoonline_news
- The database compromised was the admissions office database, containing information from 1994 onward, including BaföG numbers and health insurance data. — tg_dwglavnoe
Coverage (2 sources)
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich declares cyberattack. Hackers gained access to student records for... — ЭХО / Новости
- Large-scale cyberattack on Munich University: hackers gained access to student data from the last 50 years — DW Главное