The Community College of Beaver County is under a cyberattack, with unknown bad actors encrypting all college data and demanding ransom payments to lift it. “We came to campus this morning, the first day of spring break, and our IT department...
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Cyber attacks targeting UK universities, colleges, and research institutions are becoming more sophisticated, despite a decrease in the number of major incidents last year, according to a new report from Jisc. The annual cyber threat intelligence report...
A ransomware attack has forced the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) to temporarily close most of its clinics, cancel elective procedures, and shift to manual documentation as IT systems remain offline. UMMC has confirmed that it has made...
Rome’s La Sapienza University was hit by a cyberattack that disrupted IT systems and caused widespread operational issues. Since February 2, Rome’s La Sapienza University, one of the most important Italian universities, has been offline due to a...
On January 27, 2026, the notorious ransomware group Qilin claimed responsibility for a cyberattack targeting Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (stou.ac.th), a major educational institution in Thailand. The threat actors have indicated the...