A hacker is trying to extort a Canadian university, threatening to dump student information unless university top brass pay 30,000 CAD (23,000 USD) The extortion attempt’s victim is the University of Fraser Valley (UFV) A hacker or hacker group breached the university’s network from where it gathered information such as names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, grades information, some instances, limited financial details, and possibly more. The University shut down its email system until November 6, in an attempt to prevent the proliferation of other emails containing data of other students.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-holds-university-for-ransom-threatens-to-dump-student-info/