The University of Salerno recently suffered a cyber attack, as announced directly by the Campania university. However, the University's technology systems office promptly took action to restore the situation as quickly as possible.
According to the note, no University user data appears to have been compromised during the attack. At the moment, further technical investigations are underway to better understand the scope and consequences of the attack but it would seem that the 3 most important servers of the web front-end were encrypted and this resulted in the unavailability of the services. It is also true that some sections of the servers have always remained online such as the student profiles to be able to book exam sessions or the exam calendar
It could be a type of attack ransomware, and as reported by the site redhotcyber, it would have been the emerging cyber gang of criminals hacker Rhysida to do it, even if not There is no claim of responsibility. A delegation of the Postal Police also urgently arrived on site to manage the critical situation and to better analyze the matter.
Article published on 30 June 2023 - 18:12
