Canadian University was forced to shut down its network by hacking
A study house managed to frustrate an attempt of "cryptohacking", which could avoid significant losses in terms of relevant information
The University St. Francis Xavier, located in Canada, reported that recently was forced to turn off its entire internal network due to an attempt to cryptohacking.
This incident occurred last week, when the team responsible for carrying the systems of the institution noticed a series of cyberattacks that had been happening for several days.
“In consultation with security specialists, we purposely disabled all network systems in response to what we learned to be an automated attack on our systems known as crytpocoin mining“, said the authorities.
The team announced that no significant loss of information or credentials was reported. The only inconvenience that arose was the temporary disabling of the WiFi network, as well as transactions with credit or debit cards.
In June of this year, the security company Fortinet had prepared a report where it said that over time attacks with malware and ransomware have become more sophisticated in terms of agility and speed.
Hackers have been improving their own protection, in order to make their attacks even more difficult to detect and prevent.
K. Tovar
Source: CCN
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