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Vanderbilt University hit by ransomware, data theft claimed
A gang says it encrypted databases and stole student, staff and research data; staff were asked to shut down devices and classes were disrupted while the university investigates.
- Organisation
- Vanderbilt University
- Disclosed
- 9 November 2026
- Affected
- Not stated
- Data
- Student, staff and research data (claimed)
- Attacker
- Ransomware gang (BYOD)
- Severity
- major
- Region
- Global
- Source
- BleepingComputer ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Vanderbilt University hit by ransomware, data theft claimed”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 9 Nov 2026. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2026-11-09-vanderbilt-university-breach/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: BleepingComputer, https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vanderbilt-university-hit-in-byod-ransomware-attack-data-theft-claimed/.
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