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Freedom of Information Request

Cost of ransomware incidents

Received: 9 September 2024

1. Has your authority experienced a major cyber security incident during the academic year 2023-2024? For this purpose, please consider a major cyber security incident to be one impacting multiple systems and/or users and resulting in unauthorised access or material outage.2. If yes to the above, please confirm how many of these incidents were as a result of ransomware.3. For every incident resulting from ransomware, please confirm the value of ransom requested and whether this ransom was paid (or if, and to what extent, any smaller payment was negotiated).4. Less any ransom payments, what is the value of direct costs resulting from major cyber security incidents, including costs in responding and recovering from such events.

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