Cyber attacks continue, but TU Delft experiences ‘very limited inconvenience’

A large-scale cyber attack is causing network problems at Dutch educational institutions such as TU Eindhoven, Maastricht University and Fontys University of Applied Sciences (in Dutch). At TU Delft, it remains at ‘some inconvenience’ for the time being.

The cause of the problems is a large-scale DDoS attack on the network of SURF, the ict platform to which many educational institutions are affiliated. In such an attack, a large amount of data is sent to a network with the aim of shutting it down. SURF has to deal with DDos attacks on a daily basis, according to the organization itself, but the attacks of Wednesday and Thursday are much larger than normal. Institutions in the southern Netherlands in particular suffered from a slow or absent network connection.

At TU Delft, the inconvenience is not too bad, says ict director Erik Scherff. “We have had limited delays and only very limited inconvenience.” TU Delft did, however, step up monitoring. TU Delft also blocked the ip addresses of the hackers caught red-handed who were behind the attacks in Eindhoven, adds Scherff. When the attacks will be completely averted is still unclear. SURF reports that it is working hard to find a solution.

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