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University of Texas (UT) San Antonio hit by data theft breach

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The University of Texas (UT) San Antonio confirmed a cyber incident that forced IT systems offline and disrupted student registration, tuition payments, and phone service ahead of the new term. The university said it detected attempted unauthorized activity at the edge of its network on August 17 and moved to contain it with expert partners. So far, it says there is no evidence of data access or exfiltration, but the outage still affected core campus operations.

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  1. 18.08.2026 14:20 1 articles · 2h ago

    UT San Antonio contains attempted unauthorized activity at its network edge

    Initial Disclosure

    University Technology Solutions and expert partners contained attempted unauthorized activity at the edge of the University of Texas (UT) San Antonio network, and some systems were taken offline so the environment could be evaluated and additional protections considered.

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  2. 18.08.2026 14:20 2 articles · 2h ago

    UT San Antonio system outages disrupt registration, tuition payments, and phone service

    Victim Impact Update

    The outage of UT San Antonio IT systems disrupted online registration and tuition payments ahead of the August 19 term start, and university phone systems were unavailable during a 12:30pm CST update on August 17; the university said there was no evidence that data was accessed or exfiltrated.

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