On July 19, 2020, computing servers in the University of Utahs College of Social and Behavioral Science (CSBS) experienced a criminal ransomware attack, which rendered its servers temporarily inaccessible. Approximately.02% of the data on the servers was affected by the attack. Students, staff and faculty were directed to change their university passwords on July 29, 2020. The university decided to work with its cyber insurance provider to pay a fee to the ransomware attacker to the attacker. Michigan State University and University of California San Francisco also targeted during the same time period.”]
Source: https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/university-of-utah-update-on-data-security-incident/