"The computer systems of La Sapienza in Rome, one of the largest universities in Europe with around 120,000 students, have been down for three days following an apparent ransomware attack. In a post and stories on Instagram published Tuesday, the university said that it took down its systems out of precaution following the cyberattack, that it was investigating the incident and working on restoring all digital services, and that some communication channels such as email and workstations are "partially limited.""
"Italian daily news outlet Il Corriere della Sera reported this week that the disruption is due to a ransomware attack, something that the school nor other authorities have confirmed so far. The hackers allegedly sent the university a link to a request for a ransom, which has a countdown of 72 hours, which would start only once the link is clicked."
La Sapienza's computer systems in Rome have been offline for three days following an apparent ransomware attack that affects a university serving roughly 120,000 students. Systems were taken down as a precaution; some communication channels such as email and workstations are partially limited. Restoration work uses backups that were not affected by the hack. The Sapienza website remains down and the national cybersecurity agency ACN is investigating. Italian reports attribute the disruption to a ransomware group named Femwar02 using BabLock malware and claim attackers sent a ransom link with a 72‑hour countdown that activates when clicked; authorities have not confirmed these claims.
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