MTU Kerry and University College Cork have been hit by a global cyber-attack.
They're among what’s understood to be thousands of institutions whose online learning platform ‘Canvas’ was hit by hackers.
MTU- which has campuses in Cork and Kerry- say it’s engaging with Instructure- the makers of Canvas - to assess any potential impact and is advising staff and students to remain vigilant for suspicious emails, links and attachments.
UCC says Canvas is back online and there is no evidence to indicate UCC student or staff data has been compromised.
Instructure says the data taken includes names, email addresses, student ID numbers, and messages among Canvas users, but has found no evidence that passwords, dates of birth, government identifiers, or financial information was stolen.
