Cal State Northridge officials announce cyberattack

A hacker who was unsuccessful at attempting to place ransomware on a third-party software and cloud-hosting provider for Cal State Northridge was able to get some customer data, school officials said in a letter to students this week.
However, the third-party company, Blackbaud, said in a statement it paid a ransom to the hacker after the cybercriminal confirmed the stolen data had been deleted.
Still, school officials said they had “no way to independently verify that the stolen data was