Intelligent CISO Issue 49 | Page 25

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University College London ( UCL ), a leading research institution , faced almost 60 million malicious email attacks in the first three months of 2022 , according to official figures .
The data , which was obtained through the Freedom of Information ( FOI ) Act and analysed by the Parliament Street think tank , revealed that a total of 58,628,604 spam , phishing , malware and edge block attacks were successfully blocked by the university between December 24 , 2021 , and March 23 , 2022 .
The GHT Coeur Grand Est . Hospitals and Health Care group has disconnected all incoming and outgoing Internet connections after discovering it suffered a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of sensitive administrative and patient data .
GHT is a hospital network located in north-east France consisting of nine locations , 6,000 employees and approximately 3,370 beds . The cyberattack occurred on April 19 and affected the CHs of Vitry-le-François and Saint- Dizier , causing GHT to disconnect Internet connections to the hospitals to prevent the attack ’ s spread and further data theft . www . intelligentciso . com
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