Maastricht University is the latest victim of ransomware, as hackers managed to compromise its Windows systems on December 23.
The Dutch university announced on December 24 that email services were particularly affected after “almost all Windows systems” were compromised by the ransomware infection.
The staff was working day and night to recover after the attack, the university said in a December 27 update, explaining that it makes big efforts to minimize the impact on education and research employees and students.
No details have been provided on the type of ransomware deployed on the devices or the hacker group that launched the attack. The university could not confirm if the malicious actors obtained access to data and any information was extracted before the systems were locked by the ransomware infection.
“UM is currently working on a solution. Extra security measures have been taken to protect (scientific) data. UM is investigating if the cyber attackers ha...
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University Hit by Ransomware, Almost All Windows Systems Compromised
Maastricht University is the latest victim of ransomware, as hackers managed to compromise its Windows systems on December 23. The Dutch university announced…
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