YesterdayUniversity of Hertfordshire was targeted by a cyberattack, resulting in the shutdown of the entire IT network of the universities and the blocking of all access to cloud-based services. The attack began at 22:00 on Wednesday evening, with the e-mail system and university student portal, as well as the university's Wi-Fi network shutting down. Since the attack, students have reported that they have been unable to access other universities that pay for services such as Canvas and Zoom as well as Office 365 services like Teams .

Universitywebsite, "Lately before 10:00 pm last night, the University, Canvas, MS Teams and Zoom ” has suffered a cyber attack that affects all our systems, including Please rest assured that our IT colleagues are working hard to rectify the situation as soon as possible. Tall online teaching will be canceled today (Thursday, April 15), and we understand that this may affect students' submission of assignments. As a result, we want to assure our students that no one will be disadvantaged. A statement was made as “

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