Data belonging to the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) has been put up for auction by an extortion cybergang.
The university first said it was facing a “cyber incident” earlier this month and police have been investigating.
Now the ransomware gang Rhysida is demanding 20 bitcoin (£450,000) for the confidential data and says it will be sold to the highest bidder.
UWS said it was a “victim of a cyber crime” and the attack affected a number of digital systems and staff data.
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