Canadian university dealing with ransomware attack on email system

Canada’s University of Waterloo is dealing with a ransomware attack on its email system, the school confirmed this week. On Wednesday, the school vice president Jacinda Reitsma said the university had stopped an attempted ransomware attack on May 30 and has been working to limit the impact of the initial breach that preceded the cyberattack.

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