According to a spokesperson for North Carolina Central University, the school had received a warning of the attack on its systems on November 12.
“Certain systems, including the campus Wi-Fi network and [school portal] MyEOL began to experience some disruptions to normal operations. Other critical systems continue to be operational. Following the initial stages of the investigation into this alert, we can confirm that NCCU has experienced a cyberintrusion,” stated a notice sent out to faculty and staff.
“Certain services have been taken offline to contain the intrusion. Key partners at the UNC System Office, North Carolina Department of Information Technology, Joint Communications Task Force, FBI, U.S. Secret Service and other partners have been activated to investigate and respond,” it read.
Located in Durham, the university is a historically black institution with around 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
On being asked by Recorded Future News whether the school’s systems are suffering a ransomware attack, the spokesperson did not comment, however, said that in an effort to contain the situation, their IT team will “temporarily shut down all critical systems requiring logins with NCCU credentials,” including access to Canvas, Outlook 365, the Wi-Fi network and campus portal.
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