Classes and educational activities remain on pause after hackers breached Eindhoven University of Technology’s networks over the weekend.
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00:00Classes are still cancelled at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands following
00:06a cyber attack over the weekend.
00:09The attack was reported at 9pm on Saturday by the university's IT department.
00:14They say they noticed unusually heavy and suspicious traffic on the university's digital
00:18platform and have since made the decision to take the servers offline.
00:23The shutdown of the university's network has caused major disruptions to faculty members
00:27who lost access to platforms needed for their jobs.
00:36The network breach came at a time when students were preparing for exams and assessments.
00:47The university has been the target of cyber attacks in the past.
00:51Students say more needs to be done to enhance network security.
00:55This is also like not the first time that the university gets hacked and I think it's
00:59just like a major problem and for example the way the university gets hacked is more
01:04advanced every time.
01:05I think now with the development of AI like phishing is more advanced than other techniques
01:11that hackers may employ.
01:12Maybe like the university needs funds to secure its systems of course because like research
01:16here is really important.
01:19The university's administration has announced that all exams and assessments scheduled for
01:23the 20th of January will be postponed by one week.
01:27It also added that its IT department is making progress in countering the breach and expects
01:32students to regain access by Monday.