{"id":53485,"date":"2016-05-31T16:35:54","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T16:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=53485"},"modified":"2016-06-09T20:17:47","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T20:17:47","slug":"university-paralyzed-malware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/university-paralyzed-malware\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Calgary Paralyzed By Malware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>University of Calgary was crippled by a malware attack over the weekend&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>On May 30, 2016, college officials reported the University of Calgary (U\u00a0of C)\u00a0is slowly recovering from a vicious malware attack that took place over the weekend.\u00a0 College students and staff were discouraged from using school issued PCs on Saturday, in an attempt to fix the issues.\u00a0 The origination of the attack is unknown at this time, but reports by <a href=\"http:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/2729216\/malware-blamed-for-network-issues-at-university-of-calgary\/\">Global News<\/a> state the college&#8217;s secure wireless and active directory are to blame.<\/p>\n<p>The U of C reported classes continued on Monday as scheduled, as some programs are available again such as Microsoft Office 365.\u00a0 It is believed, within the next three days, things should be back in order.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: June 8, 2016 &#8211; 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