Irish Examiner view: Unnerving sense of insecurity

MTU ransomware

MTU announced yesterday it's Cork campuses were to remain closed for the remainder of the week as a result of the breach. Picture: Denis Minihane

Munster Technological University (MTU) was this week forced to close its four Cork campuses because of a major IT breach. 

The university called in the gardaí and the National Cyber Security Centre to establish whether the breach was related to an international ransomware attack on hundreds of organisations.