Ransomware attacks: Universities back online after ‘zero-day’ infections

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Computer systems have now been restored at two universities which were forced offline following ransomware attacks. On Wednesday 14 June, both University College London and Ulster University were infected with ransomware in separate incidents. Both universities have referred to the ransomware potentially exploiting a zero-day vulnerability, but it is currently unclear if there is a link between the two attacks or which family of ransomware caused the infections.

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