Hacking attempts at UM captured in a work of art

An installation is by the artist Richard Vijgen at the Minderbroedersberg

For sale: Netflix login code for 2.25 dollar

Maastricht researchers on the dark web

University Council issues statement condemning the cyberattack after all

"Since that plenary meeting, we have learned a lot as a council"

“The University Council condemns, without reservation, and in the strongest possible terms, the criminal cyber attack on the Observant”

Statement University Council

When it really matters, the University Council remains quiet

Democracy is a hothouse plant, it will die out if we don’t fight for it

Cultural war at the UM

At least eighty per cent of the people can live with diversity, but allow themselves to be intimidated by ideological extremists

What kind of university do we want to be?

Opinion Jan Smits: "Especially at university you need to hear opinions you disagree with"

Has the University Council forgotten that democracy requires a free press?

"The silence has been deafening lately after miscreants had blocked access to Observant’s online publications by launching a DDoS attack"

UPDATE: Majority of the University Council does not want to condemn the cyber-attack on Observant

Academic personnel section remains silent during meeting

How a discussion went off the rails

The DDoS attack that hit our website around 12 January had only one goal: to silence Observant

Observant website intentionally sabotaged

Targeted cyber-attack because of disagreeable reporting

Suspects of UM ransomware attack allegedly arrested

Dutch Research Council (NWO) refuses to pay ransom to hackers

UM receives award for sharing cyberattack experiences

'The UM could have been better prepared'

Report from the Inspectorate of Education on the cyberattack

Again the cyber attack, now on TV

No ‘taxpayer’s’ money to cybercriminals

“Great moral objections” against paying a ransom

UM reveals details about the cyberattack

“Good hope” that neither scientific data nor personal information has been stolen

No alarming messages from research circles

Cyberattack started back in October; Utrecht was secured

“Those hackers will most likely never be found”

University of Calgary: “We’re a public sector organization and pride ourselves on our openness”

Interview with Canadian computer security expert Tom Keenan

Parliamentary debate on UM cyberattack

Report by the university on 5 February

"The question about the ransom will also be answered then”

UM to reveal all about the hack on 5 February

Reconstruction of the cyberattack based on facts and plausibility

Eliminating the effects of the cyberattack could take weeks

After the hack come the questions: could this have been prevented?

“The UM is solid as a rock in times of crisis”

Martin Paul during his New Year’s speech

“Colleagues here at DKE said: “If everything is up and running again within a month, they will have paid”

The first working day after the hack

Monday 6 January and e-mail system still not up and running

Update: Wi-Fi restored; computers allowed to be switched on

“How long is all this going to take?”

A survey of the UM information desks

Cyberhack: Maastricht University pays ransom

Education programmes resume on 6 January, resits will also take place as planned

A number of IT systems accessible again on 2 January; Questions in parliament about payment of ‘ransom’

UM wants to set up ‘help lines’ for students and staff

More than 250 concerned students and staff e-mail the UM

UM has been in contact with cybercriminals

Very little information released

Cyber-attack on Maastricht University