Expert On University of Utah Health Recent Data Breach Investigation

Expert(s): Security Experts July 30, 2020

It has been reported that The University of Utah is investigating a serious data breach reported to the Department of Health and Human Services on July 20. The University is taking extra precautions by informing the affected staff, faculty, and students to change their uNID passwords. In response to this breach, cybersecurity experts commented below.

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Javvad Malik, Security Awareness Advocate, KnowBe4

"Ransomware is an ever-growing menace to society. "

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Saryu Nayyar, CEO, Gurucul

"The lesson here is you must enact robust proactive cyber defenses to protect your IP. "

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Rajiv Pimplaskar, Vice President, Veridium

"Apart from the obvious Intellectual Property (IP) implications of such a data breach, there could be several downstream consequences. "

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Erich Kron, Security Awareness Advocate, KnowBe4

"This incident demonstrates the fact that even high-tech organizations are vulnerable to potential data breaches. "

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Chris Hauk, Consumer Privacy Champion, Pixel Privacy

"Attacks like these underscore the value of data from gaming giants, and also the need for companies to step up their efforts on protecting this data. "

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Paul Bischoff, Privacy Advocate, Comparitech

"The stolen data mostly includes source code and tools for game development. "

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Sam Curry, Chief Security Officer, Cybereason

"Oftentimes, there isn't a lot of good news or optimism resulting from another global giant being breached. "

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Chris Vaughan, Technical Account Manager, Tanium

"These attacks are reminders that no industry is immune to being targeted by cybercriminals. "

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Sascha Fahrbach, Security Evangelist, Fudo Security

"On the other hand, we have JBS, which just paid over 11 million dollars to end its ransomware struggles. "

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Matt Aldridge, Principal Solutions Architect , Webroot

"It seems very unlikely that a sophisticated ransomware gang would not have exfiltrated key data prior. "

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Pravin Madhani, Co-founder and CEO, K2 Cyber Security

"Understandably, organizations would like to restore their business as soon as possible, even if it means paying the ransom. "

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Jerome Becquart, COO , Axiad

"Organizations need to invest in multi-factor authentication to provide trust in their users. "

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Roger A. Grimes, Data-Driven Defense Evangelist, KnowBe4

"Network-layer interception exploits do happen...but it's very rare. "

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Adam Bangle, VP EMEA , BlackBerry

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Andrew Rubin, CEO, Illumio

"Once you have paid a ransom, you cannot wind it back, even if we’re able to recover part of it after the fact. "

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