After a possible incident last week forced the Southeastern Louisiana University to shut down its network and call in Louisiana State Police to investigate, the University is now on its fifth day without a website, email, or mechanism for submitting assignments.
Due to hacks that have paralyzed school services and forced students to look for substitute tools, two institutions in Tennessee and Louisiana are currently experiencing difficulties.
Another cyberattack on Tennessee State with more than 8,000 students at Tennessee State University, a historically black public land-grant university in Nashville, was informed on Wednesday that a ransomware attack had taken down the school's IT infrastructure.
Internet problems have also emerged due to the event. Still, Louisiana State said that they were not brought on by a ransomware attack and that there has been no indication of any breach of personal data.
According to a university spokesperson, Southeastern's outages started on Thursday night, making it difficult for students and teachers to finish assignments and hold online classes. Facebook was used by some teachers in an effort to connect with their pupils.
According to Forbes, ransomware attacks are the most prevalent sort of recent cyberattacks that have hurt higher education. Universities paid a ransom in the amount of $112,000 on average during these attacks, despite the fact that experts claim that ransom demands can reach millions.
The Louisiana State Police is looking into the event after Louisiana University reported it to them. The University is diligently restoring services for the University community, therefore we ask that everyone continue to be patient at this time.
The federal cybersecurity & infrastructure security service advises everyone to exercise caution when clicking on URLs or opening attachments in emails, check website security before providing passwords, authenticate email senders, and use antivirus software to protect against ransomware attacks.
