![]() The UC first acknowledged the hack on March 31 in a memo released by the UCOP that stated that the UC, along with other institutions across the country, was subject to a cybersecurity attack targeting the Accellion file transfer appliance (FTA). The office cited exemptions that “disclosure of the record would reveal vulnerabilities to, or otherwise increase the potential for an attack on, an information technology system of a public agency” and that “the public interest served by not disclosing the record clearly outweighs the public interest served by disclosure of the record.”Īccording to UCOP’s response, it is in the public interest to “protect the integrity of the University’s IT security systems and to protect against future efforts to gain access to systems” by withholding the data. ![]() The UCOP CPRA office responded to the Nexus’ CPRA request on May 11 and declined to provide records. Both parties refused to comply with the request. ![]() In accordance with California’s Public Records Act (CPRA), the Nexus submitted a request to both the UC Office of the President (UCOP) and UC Santa Barbara CPRA offices on May 10, 2021, asking for the offices to provide any and all internal university communication that discusses or mentions the UC Accellion data breach. The hack, which targeted a vulnerability in the Accellion file transfer appliance used by the UC, leaked personal information such as social security numbers and personal addresses of students, staff, faculty and applicants across the UC system. ![]()
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