Maastricht University

Pierluigi Paganini February 09, 2020
Maastricht University finally paid a 30 bitcoin ransom to crooks

In December, Maastricht University was hit with ransomware attack, now the university admitted to have paid the ransom requested by crooks. In December 2019, Maastricht University (UM) announced that ransomware infected almost all of its Windows systems on December 23. Maastricht University is an excellent university attended by over 18,000 students, roughly 4,400 employees, and 70,000 alumni. “Maastricht […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 27, 2019
Windows systems at Maastricht University were infected with a ransomware

A new ransomware attack made the headlines, Maastricht University (UM) confirmed that the malware encrypted all its Windows systems on December 23. Maastricht University (UM) announced ransomware infected almost all of its Windows systems on Monday, December 23. Maastricht University is an excellent university attended by over 18,000 students, roughly 4,400 employees, and 70,000 alumni. “Maastricht […]