Shutdown in the Lecture Hall

MTU 2023 ransomware by BlackCat shut four campuses, leaked 6GB of data, and cost €3.5M—forcing a major security overhaul.

In February 2023, a major Irish university became the latest victim in a global wave of ransomware attacks. Munster Technological University (MTU), serving over 18,000 students across six campuses, was forced to close four campuses in Cork for an entire week after its IT systems were locked down by the Russian-linked BlackCat ransomware group. The attac…