The University of Erfurt was the victim of an IT attack by the hacker group xx. It was detected by the university on xx. As a result, servers in the centrally managed Windows environment were shut down as a precautionary measure for security reasons. Since then, IT services at the entire university have been restricted. Services such as xx are affected. In addition, there is no access to the e-mail service. We are currently working on the restoration.
The University of Erfurt has convened a crisis team under the leadership of the President and engaged an IT crisis service provider recommended by the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) to assist with the investigation (so-called "forensics") and management of the IT security incident.
The university management has also called in the police and the public prosecutor's office, which has begun its investigation and is assisting in the clarification/prosecution of the IT attack.
As part of the forensic investigation, it was possible to prove that .... // After an initial intensive analysis, we were unable to detect any data leakage. For security reasons, we will nevertheless reset all passwords. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
We will report continuously on developments on our emergency website. We urge all members of the university to check this website regularly. We also provide information via the university's social media channels: Instagram and Twitter.
You can find the latest information in the news section. We answer the most important questions – sorted by topic – in our FAQ. These are updated regularly. Please note the respective update date.
In addition, we invite all members of the university (and media representatives?) to an information event in the near future, where we will report on current events and answer any questions, as far as this is currently possible. You can find out the date here on this emergency website.
We ask for your understanding that it may take some time to answer your individual questions due to the large number of them. However, we will endeavour to keep you up to date, continuously expand our FAQs and answer your questions promptly. You can currently reach us by e-mail at krisenstab@uni-erfurt-extern.de.