Hundreds of researchers at the University of Cambridge have been unable to access a computer system because of so-called “malicious activity”. The problem was found five weeks ago on its Clinical School Computing Service, used for high...
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Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting higher education institutions. Ransomware attacks in the sector, for instance, were up 70 percent in 2023, according to a report from Malwarebytes. And a Sophos survey suggests that the average recovery cost can...
Weeks before exams are set to begin, students and faculty at one of Manitoba’s largest universities are scrambling to access academic files after a weekend “cyber incident” knocked out network access and forced the institution to cancel classes. Campus...
Data breaches in higher education institutions have led to significant adverse outcomes, such as the loss of funding and student fees and the illegal seizure of intellectual property assets. The financial implications of data breaches at colleges and...
In the wake of an espionage scandal, a former vice rector of the University of Tartu examines how universities across the EU have become targets in Russia’s hybrid war – and how they should defend themselves. We need to reassess our situational...