MTU students and staff urged to be vigilant as it reopens after data hack

The director of the National Cyber Security Centre, Richard Browne, said that efforts will be made in the next few days to establish what information was released.
MTU students and staff urged to be vigilant as it reopens after data hack

The university is preparing to re-open on Monday and resume lectures following a temporary shutdown of its Cork campuses. Picture: Larry Cummins

Staff and students of Munster Technological University (MTU) are being urged to be vigilant after data was “accessed and copied” from its computer systems in a cyberattack and shared on the dark web.

The warning comes as the university prepares to re-open today and resume lectures following a temporary shutdown of its Cork campuses.

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