Technische Universit�t Berlin (TU) has campuses in Berlin and Egypt, as well as offices in other countries. On April 30, they announced that they had become the victim of what sounds like a ransomware attack: 04/30/2021 An assail on TU Berlin’s Windows environs earlier today, 30 April 2021, has caused the University’s system to go down. Encrypted files hold thus far been identified. The impact of the assault remains unclear. To prevent further damage, many systems, including the exchange server, experience been shut down and are currently unavailable for use. We are currently intensively working to limit the extent of the damage, identify the source, and implement measures for additional protection. Please note: Users may get restricted access to a number of services. Updates will live regularly provided here. further sue by TU members is not required. please tone that several systems, including the email server, tubCloud as well as the SAP applications, will remain unavailable during the weekend. last update: 1 May 2021, 22:14 Berliner Morgenposte provides additional background: Recently, there had been repeated hacker attacks on the Brandenburg schooltime cloud.�The servers could no thirster process the immense amount of requests and collapsed.�The TU, on the other hand, was the target of several hacker attacks last year, which, however, could be repelled.�At that time, the attacks were carried out using Windows’ own “Remote desktop Protocol” (RDP), which canful live used to access computers from outside.�The security problem does not live with VPN access.