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Ransomware attacks on UK universities

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Rebecca Moody
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Dear University of Portsmouth,

Please find below my FOI request regarding ransomware attacks on the college/university.

1. In the last 5 years, how many times has your college/university suffered from a ransomware attack? Please provide specific dates (months/years) if possible.
2. How much downtime did this cause (in hours)?
3. Did you pay the ransom? If so, how much was the ransom?
4. What type of ransomware was used?
5. What was the total cost of the incident to your college/university?
6. How many student and/or staff records were impacted in the breach?

If you don't have data available for all of the questions, please provide any data you do have.

We appreciate the sensitivity of disclosing ransomware attacks, which is why all of the data gathered will be anonymised in our final analysis and no individual schools or colleges will be mentioned.

Yours faithfully,

Rebecca Moody

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Freedom of Information, University of Portsmouth

Thank you for contacting the Information Disclosure team.
Please accept this email as acknowledgement of your correspondence.
We will respond again more fully within 3 working days of the date of this email at the most. Should you have any urgent concerns before then however, please feel free to ring the Student Complaints team on 023 9284 3103 / 3642.

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Sarah Hare, University of Portsmouth

Dear Rebecca
I refer to your email of 23 January 2024 in which you submitted a request
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.  Your request relates
to information regarding ransomware attacks on the college/university.
As you may be aware, the University has 20 working days in which to
respond to your request.  Therefore, we will respond more fully by 20
February 2024, although if it is possible to reply before then we will do
so.  Should you have any queries before then, however, please feel free to
contact the team again either by replying to this email or by telephoning
me directly on 02392 843110.
Yours sincerely
Sarah Hare
Corporate Governance and Insurance Administrator
Pronouns: She/Her
University House
University of Portsmouth
Working Hours - 08:45 to 15:00
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Nicola Young, University of Portsmouth

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Dear Rebecca, 
Please find attached a response to your Freedom of Information Request. 
I trust the information in the attached letter is helpful to you but if
you have any further queries, please feel free to contact me by replying
to this email.
Yours sincerely
Nicola
Nicola Young 
Complaints and Information Disclosure Officer
University of Portsmouth
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Co-Chair of the [1]Neurodiverse Network
Member of the [2]LGBTQ Staff Network and [3]Multicultural Staff Network
E: [4][email address]
T: 023 92 84 3103
W: [5]www.port.ac.uk 

University of Portsmouth, St Andrew's Court, St Michael's Road,
Portsmouth, PO1 2PR

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