Kansas State University recently announced a major cybersecurity incident is to blame for VPN, email, and online learning system disruptions affecting students and employees at that institution. This news follows another major attack on Memorial University of Newfoundland earlier this month. Both incidents are believed to be ransomware attacks. Ransomware is a particularly dangerous form of malicious software designed to spread across an organization’s network and information systems quickly and quietly in order to cause as much damage as possible. Ransomware operators then attempt to extort cryptocurrency for recovery of data assets and systems.

You can read more about this incident at https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/kansas-state-university-cyberattack-disrupts-it-network-and-services/