"Merced College Knocked Offline in Apparent Malware Attack"

Following a malware attack, a community college in California was recently taken offline, and its services were disrupted. On November 3, Merced College went offline, with the school stating on Twitter that it was experiencing a significant network disruption and that most of the district's technology functions were unavailable. All network communications, online platforms, the college website, and other technology services were taken down by the attack. In a November 8 update, Merced stated that it had hired "some of the best experts in the field" and that the team was working to determine whether personal identification information had been compromised. In response to the attack, the college has also set up a temporary website at to provide students and faculty with information. The malware attack has brought Merced College to its knees, and students and employees still do not fully know what is happening to their personal data as the systems appear to be still down. The cyberattack on Merced comes months after a ransomware attack took down the Los Angeles School District. After refusing to pay the ransom demands, 500 gigabytes of data stolen from the school district were leaked online a month later. This article continues to discuss the malware attack that took Merced College offline. 

SiliconANGLE reports "Merced College Knocked Offline in Apparent Malware Attack"