University of Barcelona Investigates Cyberattack Affecting Several Systems
Summary
The University of Barcelona is investigating a recently detected cyberattack. It reset credentials and added security measures; no data impact has been detected so far, though some services may be temporarily unavailable.
Key points
- The University of Barcelona is investigating a cyberattack detected recently in several of its systems.
- The university is working with Catalonia’s Cybersecurity Agency and the Consortium of University Services of Catalonia to assess the incident.
- It activated containment, monitoring, and security reinforcement measures, and renewed access credentials.
- Some services and websites were temporarily interrupted during the investigation; further temporary outages are possible.
- The university says services are operating normally and no impact to its data has been detected so far.
Article Details
- Victim Organization
- Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
- Incident Type
- Cyberattack affecting some university systems; the attack type is not specified.
- Operational Impact
- Some services and webpages were temporarily interrupted as a precaution during the security response. The university said services were otherwise operating normally and warned of possible further temporary interruptions.
- Claim Status
- confirmed