U. Hawaii Cancer Center confirms data compromised

The University of Hawaii’s Cancer Center has confirmed that a recent ransomware attack led to the personal information of as many as 1.2 million people being compromised, The Record reported.

The actors responsible for the attack are thought to have accessed records containing Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and voter registration records. The university disclosed in January that the attack had been discovered in August of last year.

“Due to the extensiveness of the encryption by the threat actors, it took some time for UH to restore the affected systems and be in a position to assess the impact to data,” read a report issued by the university. “While the investigation was underway, UH made the difficult decision to engage with the threat actors in order to protect the individuals whose sensitive information may have been compromised.”

Despite the data having been compromised, university officials said there was no evidence data had been misused.