Cyber criminals attack on university

Lancaster University has been subject to a “sophisticated and malicious” phishing attack which has resulted in breaches of student and applicant data.

The university says the matter has been reported to law enforcement agencies and it is now working closely with them. The NCA’s National Cyber Crime Unit has launched a criminal investigation.

In a statement, Lancaster said it was aware of two breaches of data and that information had been used to send fraudulent invoices to some undergraduate applicants.