The UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is dealing with a ransomware incident that encrypted data and impacted two of its services. UKRI is a public body of the Government of the United Kingdom tasked with investing in science and research. The agency is an attractive target for big-game ransomware gangs that target organizations with large pockets to pay for data decryption. The two services affected by the incident are a portal for the UK Research Office based in Brussels that offers an information service to subscribers and an extranet that UKRI councils use for their peer review activity.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-research-and-innovation-ukri-suffers-ransomware-attack/