One of Europe’s largest universities knocked offline for days after cyberattack
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La Sapienza University in Rome, one of Europe's largest with 120,000 students, has been offline for three days due to a ransomware attack. The university took systems down as a precaution, is investigating, and working to restore services from backups, with email and workstations partially limited.
Source: TechCrunch
The computer systems of La Sapienza in Rome, one of the largest universities in Europe with around 120,000 students, have been down for three days following an apparent ransomware attack. In a post and in stories on Instagram published Feb. 4, the university said that it took down its systems out of precaution following the cyberattack, that it was investigating the incident and working on restoring all digital services, and that some communication channels such as email and workstations are “partially limited.” The school also said that it was working to restore systems based on backups. Italian daily news outlet Il Corriere della Sera reported this week that the disruption is due to a ransomware attack and that the hacking group behind the attack is called Femwar02. Full Story