University of Guelph says “limited information” accessed during Sept. cyber attack

The University of Guelph has released new details about its Sept. 11 cyber attack, saying “limited information has been compromised.”

No further details have been released about the type of data that was accessed.

The school said in a media release it is “conducting a thorough review of the affected data on a priority basis.”

It also added they “will be in direct contact with anyone whose personal information may have been involved to notify them and provide any recommended actions.”

The university said that the school’s “IT systems are largely operational” and they continue to work with law enforcement, government and regulatory bodies, as well as external experts.

CTV News reached out to the University of Guelph but they declined any further comment, saying “the update posted earlier [Thursday] contains the information we are currently releasing publically.”

"It’s only natural to speculate especially the way they phrased the wording right now,” said David Jao, cyber security professor at the University Of Waterloo. “They haven't even acknowledged it was a hack. They say incident. Incident could be anything from power outage up to something much less innocuous than that."

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The university is advising students to contact them by email if they have questions or concerns.