CAO announces website shutdown

The Central Applications Office (CAO) today said it was shutting down a section of its website until 2pm this afternoon following a malicious attack on Monday, which saw the site crash for around five hours.

CAO announces website shutdown

The Central Applications Office (CAO) today said it was shutting down a section of its website until 2pm this afternoon following a malicious attack on Monday, which saw the site crash for around five hours.

"This morning at 11am the CAO technical team shut down the interactive ‘my application’ section of the website because of concerns following Monday’s attack on the system from an unknown source," a statement said.

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