Vice Society ransomware group claims German university as latest victim

The Vice Society ransomware group added the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg) to its leak site this weekend following an attack that the institution said took place late last year.

HAW Hamburg is one of several German-speaking institutions with a focus on applied sciences to be targeted by ransomware gangs in recent months.

In [a statement](https://www.haw-hamburg.de/fileadmin/PK/PDF/Infos_Art._34_DS-GVO_final.pdf) sent to all employees and students, the university said the attack was on December 29, describing a ransomware incident without using the …

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