Osaka Metropolitan University hit by suspected ransomware
Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU), one of Japan's largest universities, has cancelled classes and taken much of its IT infrastructure offline after a suspected ransomware attack that started late last week.
The university said on Tuesday that its internal network, email and several administrative and academic systems are unavailable. OMU believes ransomware caused the disruption and is working with outside cybersecurity specialists to investigate. It has not named the attackers and has not said whether it received a ransom demand.
Hundreds of servers down
The outage covers a wide range of university operations. Systems for academic administration, educational support, financial accounting, payroll, human resources and library services are affected. The university's websites and internal network are also down.