University of Alaska

Profile narrative

The University of Alaska, also known as UA, is a higher education organization based in the United States. Its core role is to provide university-level education and related administrative services to students, faculty, staff, and former members of the university community. Its institutional environment includes student accounts, university email systems, online administrative platforms such as UAOnline, and learning systems such as Blackboard Learn. The organization also interacts with third parties that support student records and enrollment functions, including the National Student Clearinghouse, which handles comprehensive student enrollment and degree records.

UA’s disclosed operational context shows that its services depend on both university-controlled systems and external vendors. A 2023 incident involving the MOVEit file transfer tool affected the National Student Clearinghouse rather than university-owned systems, but it was relevant to the University of Alaska because the vendor manages student enrollment and degree information. Other disclosed incidents involved direct access to university accounts and platforms, including UAOnline and email systems. These events show that identity access, student information, employee records, and online education services are important parts of UA’s operational footprint.

The available incident record places UA in the education sector, where sensitive data includes student identification numbers, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, government-issued identifiers, financial account details, health records, digital signatures, transcripts, contact details, grant awards, and appeals forms. The organization has also experienced account-focused incidents in which unauthorized third parties altered user passwords and disrupted access to institutional accounts. In one 2018 incident, affected users were unable to access services including Blackboard Learn, university email, and UAOnline. In another incident, phishing emails led to credential disclosure and potential access to sensitive information belonging to students, staff, and faculty.

The University of Alaska is identified by the aliases University of Alaska and UA, with its headquarters location listed as the United States of America. The provided material does not specify a parent company, corporate ownership structure, or subsidiary relationships. Its distinguishing profile is therefore that of a U.S. higher education institution whose operations include student administration, academic services, digital learning access, email, and institutional account management. The disclosed cybersecurity events indicate that its data environment includes both educational records and employee or student identity information, and that third-party service providers are part of its broader information-handling context.

Incidents

5 incidents linked to this organisation.