Israel blames state-sponsored Iranian hackers for ransomware attack on university

Israeli cybersecurity officials on Tuesday blamed hackers sponsored by the Iranian government for a ransomware attack on the country’s leading technology university.

The attack in February forced the Israel Institute of Technology, also known as Technion, to postpone exams and shut down its IT systems. The incident followed what Israeli defense officials said were dozens of attempted Iranian cyberattacks over the past year.

Hackers from a previously unknown group calling itself DarkBit claimed responsibility in a note left on Technion’s …

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