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Leipzig University Remains Offline After Reported Cyberattack

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Summary

Leipzig University kept its servers offline after a reported cyberattack, disrupting online platforms and services for more than 30,000 students. The university had not determined how attackers entered or whether data was taken; in-person classes continued.

Key points

  • The university disconnected its internet-facing servers on Wednesday, October 28, to prevent further damage; it had not said when all IT services would return.
  • AlmaWeb and Moodle were unavailable, limiting students’ access to schedules, course information, grades and university messages.
  • The university extended online assignment deadlines to November 6; in-person teaching continued, while some digital classes were postponed or moved to external platforms.
  • Some university facilities regained email access through an external system, and a replacement website at www[.]uni-leipzig[.]de and Instagram provided updates.
  • The university said it was still unclear how attackers entered its systems or whether data had been taken; authorities had been informed.

Article Details

Victim Organization
University of Leipzig
Victim Domain
www.uni-leipzig.de
Incident Type
Cyberattack; the method of entry and whether data was exfiltrated remain unknown.
Operational Impact
University servers were disconnected from the internet on Wednesday, 28 October, to prevent further damage. IT services and websites were temporarily unavailable through the weekend. AlmaWeb and Moodle, email, online submission and download of academic documents, and digital lecture-hall displays were affected. In-person teaching continued; some online classes were postponed or moved to external platforms. Submission deadlines were extended to 6 November.
Ransom Or Extortion
No ransom or extortion activity is reported in the article.
Claim Status
confirmed

People

Matthis WorscheckA representative of the Student*innenRat Uni Leipzig who described how the outage affected students, including their inability to access university platforms and submit or retrieve academic documents.

Products

AlmaWebdes Student*innenRat Uni Leipzig MDR SACHSEN sagte, sind die beiden zentralen Plattformen AlmaWeb und Moodle nicht erreichbar. Damit fehle vielen Studierenden der Zugriff auf Stundenpläne,Moodledes Student*innenRat Uni Leipzig MDR SACHSEN sagte, sind die beiden zentralen Plattformen AlmaWeb und Moodle nicht erreichbar. Damit fehle vielen Studierenden der Zugriff auf Stundenpläne,

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