Sunderland Uni cyber attack



How would anyone benefit from doing this? Foridiots like me that donā€™t understand
Loads of reasons:

Shits and giggles.

General malevolence.

if itā€™s a ransomware attack then itā€™ll be the hope of being paid a ransom.

if itā€™s a novel attack that they have discovered themselves then it can lead to highly paid jobs on cybersecurity.
 
How would anyone benefit from doing this? For idiots like me that donā€™t understand

ransomware is the main thing these days. Encrypt a load of servers, say pay us Ā£500,000 (I'm guessing about this kind of figure) in bitcoin and we'll give you the key and not release any of your data.
 
Imagine hacking a University? Ffs
newcastle and northumbria were hit this time last year. The education sector is getting targeted. Mind you, I interviewed for a bank recently and their practices were not far off what ours were pre-cyber attack.... I decided against that.
Well how did they manage the twitter post?


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:lol: I suppose the same way the managed the gmail mailbox they've created to give students a way of contacting them
 

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