Security News > 2022 > April > Austin Peay State University resumes after ransomware cyber attack
The university, located in Clarksville, Tennessee advised students, staff, and faculty to disconnect their computers and devices from the university network immediately as a precaution.
On Wednesday, April 27th, Austin Peay State University, via its official Twitter account, confirmed that it had been hit by a cyberattack.
"We are under a Ransomeware [sic] attack. If your computer is connected to the APSU network, please disconnect IMMEDIATELY," tweeted the university yesterday.
Within a few hours of posting these tweets, APSU reassured that the cyber attack was in the process of being contained and that D2L, the university's Learning Management System was back up online at elearn.
Some were also skeptical of the institution's approach to incident response [1, 2]. However, during an active ransomware attack, email and IT systems are typically shut down-often voluntarily by sysadmins attempting to control the damage from the cyber attack.
Previously, prominent institutions including Stanford Medicine, University of California, Howard, and UK-based Sunderland, have all been victims of ransomware attacks with some attacks leading to data theft, system outages, and cancellation of classes.
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