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Virginia Tech says it was targeted in 2 recent cyberattacks

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Posted at 4:20 PM, Jul 17, 2021
and last updated 2021-07-17 16:20:57-04

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech says it was targeted in two recent cyberattacks but feels confident no data was stolen.

A spokesman for the Blacksburg university told the Roanoke Times Friday a few of the school's units used Kaseya.

That U.S. software company was exploited in early July in a massive ransomware attack that snarled businesses around the world.

In a separate attack on Virginia Tech in May, the spokesman says encryption data was used to attack a university server.