As has now become known, the University of Innsbruck may have fallen victim to a hacker attack this weekend. It is not yet clear who the cybercriminals are who carried out the attack. The attack probably went off lightly again.
Unknown perpetrators attempted an attack on the IT infrastructure of the University of Innsbruck last weekend. According to APA, media reports citing the university say that no data was stolen or encrypted during the cyberattack. There was also no attempt at blackmail. The university’s IT department quickly noticed the incident and took appropriate protective measures to prevent it.
Safety measures in place, announcement to follow
According to a university spokesperson, no major damage was caused. For security reasons, the university management asked the employees and students to change the passwords of the university IT systems. It was announced that the data protection authority would be notified of the incident and a report would be made to the police.
Last June there was a serious hacker attack on the IT of the Medical University of Innsbruck. The IT infrastructure was partially paralyzed. E-mail traffic was restricted and the homepage was unavailable for several days. The National Investigation Department conducted an investigation. Apparently, data from the university’s servers has also been published on the dark web.
Source: Krone
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