National Student Clearinghouse among victims of MOVEit cyberattack
The National Student Clearinghouse, a nonprofit that publishes higher education data, is among the victims of a recent cyberattack against MOVEit, a popular file-transfer program, the organization confirmed last week.
“Based on our ongoing investigation, we have determined that an unauthorized party obtained certain files transferred through the Clearinghouse’s MOVEit environment, including files containing data that we maintain on behalf of some of our customers,” read a recent update to its website. “We have notified the organizations whose data we have identified as affected by this issue. We have no evidence to suggest that the unauthorized party specifically targeted the Clearinghouse, our customers, or other organizations that provide data to the Clearinghouse.”
The National Student Clearinghouse is one of hundreds of organizations impacted by a cyberattack carried out last month by the ransomware group CL0P.
Johns Hopkins University, the University System of Georgia and the University of California, Los Angeles have confirmed they were also impacted by the MOVEit attack.
