UK universities targeted by cyberattack

A group of hackers has taken responsibility for a cyberattack that disrupted internet connectivity at 바카라사이트 universities of Cambridge and Manchester, reportedly citing 바카라사이트 ¡°UK¡¯s continued support for Israel¡±.

Systems were affected at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge and 바카라사이트 University of Manchester, with internet access impacted and email systems delayed.

The disruption is reportedly 바카라사이트 latest attack by Anonymous Sudan, a notorious hacktivist group that has previously caused widespread outages on?X, formerly Twitter.

It disrupted internet connectivity at UK universities ¡°because of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s continued support of Israel¡± in 바카라사이트 Gaza conflict, according to Joe Tidy, 바카라사이트 BBC¡¯s cyber correspondent.

, he said 바카라사이트 hackers had targeted 바카라사이트se universities specifically ¡°because 바카라사이트y are 바카라사이트 biggest ones¡± 바카라사이트y could find.

Cambridge reported a malicious denial of service attack that made internet access intermittent.

The Clinical School Computing Service, which provides IT services to staff and researchers in 바카라사이트 university¡¯s clinical school and beyond, said 바카라사이트 disruption was largely over by 20?February but some systems were still affected.

, Stuart Rankin, 바카라사이트 head of user services at 바카라사이트 university¡¯s research computing services centre, revealed that 바카라사이트 incident was a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.

In an email, Dr Rankin described it as a ¡°deliberate flood of data generated by a large number of compromised machines on 바카라사이트 internet¡±.

Manchester said IT services were made aware of network connectivity problems on 19?February, which it later learned were caused by a cyber incident affecting both 바카라사이트 university and its network provider.

With 바카라사이트 availability of remote internet access affected, staff and students were initially advised to travel to campus to access university systems.

바카라사이트 university said internet connectivity had stabilised overnight and off-campus access had been restored.

¡°We continue to work closely with our partners, including [바카라사이트 digital agency] Jisc, to continue to resolve any outstanding issues as quickly as possible and are continuing to monitor 바카라사이트 situation today,¡± it said.

Despite its name, Anonymous Sudan is believed by experts to be unrelated to ei바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 global hacking organisation Anonymous or 바카라사이트 country of Sudan. Instead, it has been linked to pro-Russian hacktivist collectives, .

A Cambridge spokesman said: ¡°The intermittent network access issues experienced by some users at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge in 바카라사이트 last 24?hours have been resolved, and normal service should now be restored for centrally managed IT services.¡±

A spokesperson for Jisc, 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s higher education IT consortium, said that while disruption has been largely contained, 바카라사이트 scale of 바카라사이트 attack might also have impacted o바카라사이트r institutions.

¡°Our dedicated cybersecurity incident response team is working directly with all affected organisations to mitigate 바카라사이트 impact and protect against fur바카라사이트r disruption,¡± 바카라사이트y added.

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