U.K. Center of Security Excellence Hit by Ransomware

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One of the world’s top ten universities, awarded the status of “centre of excellence in cyber-security research” by the UK’s GCHQ, has been hit by a so-far unrecognized strain of ransomware. This comes just one month after many UK health trusts were struck by the global WannaCry ransomware.

In a statement originally issued yesterday and updated today, University College London (UCL) described the current and ongoing ransomware. “We are continuing to investigate the infection that is affecting UCL users.

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