The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), the largest university in Chicago with more than 35,000 students, confirmed a ransomware attack that limited access to some systems at its College of Medicine. A spokesperson told The Record that attackers "were able to steal some information held on the college's servers," that "some College of Medicine systems were temporarily unavailable" and have since been restored, and that investigations are under way to determine whether "any personal, research or academic information was compromised." The university says its main network was not affected, there was no impact on patient care at UI Health, and the incident was reported to law enforcement, with notification planned for anyone whose information was stolen. The attack was claimed last week by the Booba ransomware gang, which said it had stolen 344 GB of data; researchers assess Booba to be a rebrand of the Frag ransomware based on leak-site style and negotiation flow. Why it matters: ransomware at a medical school sits on the healthcare/education boundary, where a single compromise can touch patient, student and research data at once — and the Booba rebrand signals continued churn in ransomware branding that operators must track.

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