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Hackdoku · Case 03

One Click Too Many

Maastricht University, the Netherlands2019 New email: "Important file"

Just before Christmas, hundreds of servers at Maastricht University lock up. Students and staff can no longer reach their files. The hackers demand a ransom.

It had started two months earlier, with an email. Several people were at the university that day. One of them made a wrong choice. Put everyone in the right place and find out who it was.

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