Belhaven University has restored systems following a cyberattack, and operations are “largely normal,” the school’s administration reports.
Dr. Roger Parrott, Belhaven’s president, said that the private university in Jackson was the victim of a cyberattack earlier this month. University officials temporarily suspended access to portions of its internal network on March 6 after identifying a cybersecurity incident.
“Systems were taken offline as a precaution and have since been carefully reviewed and restored with the assistance of leading cybersecurity specialists,” Parrott stated. “Online courses resume tomorrow, and most student services are now operating normally, with full restoration expected by the end of the week.”
University officials do not believe anybody’s personal information was compromised as a result of the cyberattack.
The report from Belhaven comes right after the nearby University of Mississippi Medical Center had to alter its operations and move to paper charting following a cyberattack on Feb. 19. The incident put the hospital and its clinics statewide in limbo for more than a week before the system was restored.