Belleville’s Loyalist College has provided an update after a cyberattack had a major impact on their communications and computer systems last week.
On Thursday (July 9th), Loyalist released that they were experiencing a campus-wide outage, impacting the internet, services and systems, and resulting in the cancellation of online classes until further notice.
Wednesday morning (July 15th), they provided the following update confirming that they were the victim of a cyberattack.
Officials at the college have told our newsroom that is the most up to date information they have at the moment.
UPDATE FROM LOYALIST COLLEGE –
Loyalist College has experienced a cyberattack. The incident was identified on July 9 and has been contained. We immediately notified provincial authorities and initiated an investigation. The college alerted our community to the system interruption through an announcement posted on our website. We also retained third party experts to investigate the cause and scope of the incident and assist with restoration.
Our network remains impacted, affecting a range of systems and services, including email, on-campus internet access, myLoyalist, Canvas and college systems that support student registration and tuition and fee payments. The college website is available and telephone services are operational.
The campus remains open and in-person classes are continuing. Online classes delivered through the college’s learning management system, Canvas, are suspended until further notice. OntarioLearn courses are continuing as scheduled.
We understand that a situation like this can create uncertainty, concern and disruption. Thank you for your patience and cooperation as we work through this situation. We are committed to responding with transparency, care and accountability, and are making significant progress each day toward restoring systems and services.
