IT infrastructure at Queensland University of Technology shut down following a Ransomware attack

A cyber attack at Queensland’s second-largest university has caused campus printers to spit out ransomware notes in bulk.

The Queensland University of Technology has shut down multiple IT systems as a precaution.

QUT Vice-Chancellor Professor Margaret Sheil said her own printer was among those affected this morning.

Lillian Rangiah reports,

Read more at ABC (AU)

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