A cyber attack at Queensland’s second-largest university has caused campus printers to spit out ransomware notes in bulk.
The Queensland University of Technology has shut down multiple IT systems as a precaution.
QUT Vice-Chancellor Professor Margaret Sheil said her own printer was among those affected this morning.
Lillian Rangiah reports,
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