Disruption were spotted on its email and assignment platforms.
Columbia University has launched an investigation into a potential cyber-attack following "widespread system outages" on Tuesday.
Cybernews reports that the New York university saw internal network disruptions on its UNI login authentication service, its LionMail email service, and its CourseWorks online assignment platform.
Initiatives to restore impacted systems are already underway, according to a Columbia spokesperson, who has noted ongoing coordination with state law enforcement while dispelling attack claims by an unnamed threat operation.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
