In this Aug. 25, 2020, file photo, a pedestrian walks past an entrance to the University of Miami in Coral Gables.
(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami was the victim of a data security breach involving third-party vendor Accellion, a beleaguered California-based global cloud provider, UM said in a statement on Thursday.
The Accellion security incident has also affected Harvard and the University of Colorado.
Ad“We continue to enhance our cybersecurity program to further safeguard our systems from cyber threats,” the UM statement said.
In February, Accellion announced that it was working with FireEye, a California-based cybersecurity company, after a series of cyberattacks in December and January.