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Stanford Security Snafu: 27K Personal Records Pilfered in Ransomware Racket
Stanford’s latest cybersecurity saga reads like a heist film—27,000 personal profiles snatched by digital bandits! The Department of Public Safety’s network got an unwanted makeover, courtesy of the Akira ransomware gang. Plot twist: no other systems were compromised. Cue the virtual white hats scrambling to…
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Well, it looks like Stanford University's Department of Public Safety (SUDPS) is now officially less secure than my grandma's secret cookie recipe, which, mind you, has been infiltrated by every sweet-toothed relative from here to Timbuktu. But hey, when a ransomware gang swipes the personal deets of 27,000 people, you've got to wonder if their firewall was made of Swiss cheese or if their password was "password." Let's dive into this cyber soap opera, shall we?Already a member? Log in here