Calgary university investigating cyberattack affecting students, employees

Back www.winnipegfreepress.com

Calgary university investigating cyberattack affecting students, employees

www.winnipegfreepress.com • July 8, 2026

Share: View original

Mount Royal University says in a statement that it notified affected students and employees the attack on June 18.

The university says some data was taken and deleted, while departmental information was simply deleted without being accessed.

It says full data recovery may not be possible.

The university is offering some of those affected with credit monitoring and identity theft protection services as a precautionary measure.

It says it has also reported the attack to police and Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 7, 2026.

The full story

This article is one source in a clustered incident — the cluster page carries the summary, timeline and every other outlet covering it.

Mount Royal University Cyberattack: Data Stolen and Deleted in Ransomware Incident Mount Royal University (MRU) confirmed a ransomware cyberattack that occurred on June 18, 2026, affecting both student and employee data. Unauthorized actors accessed and stole data from specific folders on the university's H drive, subsequently deleting the contents to obstruct recovery efforts. The J drive, which contained departmental data, was also deleted, but there is no evidence it was accessed. The university is notifying affected individuals and offering two years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection. The investigation is ongoing, with law enforcement and the Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner involved. Recovery of the deleted data may take weeks or months. The threat group CMD Organization claimed responsibility and demanded a ransom of 30 BTC, approximately $1.9 million. 10 sources 69

Extracted Entities

Attack Types (1)

Companies (1)

Mount Royal University

MITRE ATT&CK (1)

T1041 - Exfiltration Over C2 Channel