CityLit has confirmed that a ransomware attack was responsible for a month-long IT outage, causing major disruption to online classes and enrolment.
In a message sent to students on Wednesday, seen by FE Week, the college apologised for ongoing disruption but it couldn’t yet confirm whether any student data has been compromised.
Regulators, including the Information Commissioner’s Office, have been informed.
FE Week reported in early December that online lessons had been cancelled for the rest of the year and enrolment had to be paused due to “IT disruption”. The college couldn’t confirm the cause of the disruption with FE Week at the time as investigations were still ongoing.
