The DoIT Security Group assists all members of the UMBC community with any IT security questions and requests. Many questions can be answered via the submission of a Request Ticket, and, if necessary, a DoIT employee can be contacted for additional assistance.
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IT Security Notices
Account Data Breach: TAP Air Portugal
Portugal's national airline victim of ransomware attack
In August 2022, the Portuguese airline TAP Air Portugal was the target of a ransomware attack perpetrated by the Ragnar Locker gang who later leaked the compromised data via a public dark web...
Posted: October 28, 2022, 3:07 PM
Account Data Breach: Twitter
Hackers list database of 5.4 million records for sale
In January 2022, a vulnerability in Twitter's platform allowed an attacker to build a database of email addresses and phone numbers of millions of users of the social platform. In a disclosure...
Posted: October 19, 2022, 3:23 PM
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