Five Louisiana colleges were notified by the state’s cybercrime unit that their networks had been compromised. The still-developing story offers a case study in how American colleges respond to cyber incidents.
Five Louisiana state colleges and universities including the University of New Orleans, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Southern University at Shreveport, River Parishes Community College, and Nunez Community College moved to shut down their networks on Friday following the Louisiana State Police's discovery of indicators of compromise in their systems, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
UNO confirmed Monday that several services had been restored, and others will be brought back online incrementally while state authorities investigate the intrusion and whether anyone's personal data was compromised.