University of Illinois Chicago hit by ransomware attack on medical school

UIC disclosed a ransomware attack that disrupted some College of Medicine systems and involved data theft. The Booba gang claimed to have stolen 344 GB; an investigation is underway to determine whether personal, research or academic information was compromised.

• Attack affected College of Medicine systems; UIC's main network was not impacted
• Booba gang claimed theft of 344 GB of data
• Booba emerged in late July and has already claimed 49 attacks
• UIC is Chicago's largest university with over 35,000 students; the medical school has about 1,300