Security News > 2022 > March > IT outage at Scotland's Heriot-Watt University enters second week

Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University has entered a second week of woe following a vist by an infosec nasty.

The 200-year-old institution's IT team first referred to the crisis as a "Security incident" but a spokesperson confirmed to The Register that it was a cyber attack.

Cloudier services such as Teams and email are operating normally, according to the university's status page, as is SharePoint, Oracle ERP, and student and staff portals.

The Register understands that shortly after a payslip whoopsie, large chunks of IT infrastructure at the university fell victim to a cyber attack.

The University of Hertfordshire was forced to pull the plug on its systems after an incident of it own.

We fear this university won't be the last to suffer an incident of this type.

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