Ransomware temporarily knocked some systems offline at the University of Illinois Chicago’s College of Medicine, and attackers stole information from college servers.
UIC said the affected systems were restored by Monday. The university’s main network was unaffected, and patient care at UI Health continued.
“Some College of Medicine systems were temporarily unavailable,” a university spokesperson told The Record. UIC has not specified which systems were affected or how long access was lost.
UIC said it reported the attack to law enforcement and worked with agencies to restore its systems. It has not disclosed when the attack began or when the affected systems came back online.
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The Booba Project ransomware group listed UIC as a victim Friday, claiming to have stolen 344 gigabytes of data. UIC has not attributed the attack to Booba, and the claimed volume has not been independently verified.
In February, a cyberattack at the University of Mississippi Medical Center knocked its electronic records system offline, closed clinics statewide and canceled outpatient care.
UIC is investigating whether the stolen information included personal, research or academic data, according to The Record. It said it would notify people whose information was taken.
