Columbia University hit by possible ‘cyberattack’ as IT outage impacts key student services

Columbia University was hit by a suspected cyberattack on Tuesday that has left its systems offline for several hours, according to sources and reports. “This morning, Columbia University IT systems experienced an outage affecting systems on our Morningside campus,” the Ivy League school said in a statement to The Post. “Our IT team has been working to restore services as quickly as possible, and we have notified law enforcement. At this time, no clinical operations at CUIMC have been impacted.” Sources told The Post that a low-level access control breach...