Vanderbilt University is investigating an active cybersecurity incident that prompted officials to order students and staff to shut down university devices and disconnect from campus Wi-Fi Monday.

This comes as sources say a ransomware group claims to have gained access to sensitive university information, including more than one million Social Security numbers.
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the [ransomware] group claims to have locked Vanderbilt’s databases and obtained access to university research, student and employee records, names, email addresses, phone numbers and more than one million Social Security numbers.

Campus Wi-Fi access was successfully restored late Monday evening, but core university systems, applications, and cloud-based platforms remain locked down as IT teams and federal law enforcement work to contain the active digital threat.