University of Leipzig Remains Offline Following Hacker Attack

Following a hacker attack, the University of Leipzig remained offline as of Thursday morning. A spokesperson said in response to an inquiry that the crisis management team set up to handle the situation is working around the clock to resolve the problem. After the attack, all of the university’s servers connected to the Internet were taken offline on Wednesday. As a result, students and staff are unable to receive emails. The circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear.