That evening, university officials discovered suspicious network activity that subsequently turned out to be a major cyberattack.
The university’s website was down. Phones didn’t work. The wifi network went off. Its Portland campus, the Pacific Northwest College of Art, also was impacted.
More than a week later, many systems have been restored but university officials say more work remains.
“Recovering from a cyber incident is a time-intensive process that requires the attention of many campus resources,” according to a statement from Lauren Mulligan, the university’s director of communications. “Our teams continue to make positive progress on our recovery efforts.”
The Portland FBI said in a statement that “we are aware of the attack on Willamette University and we are assisting. We cannot discuss the details beyond that.”
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