University of Texas forced to take systems offline in San Antonio after cyberattack

The University of Texas at San Antonio experienced a cyberattack, prompting its IT team to detect and respond to threat activity on the academic campus. In response to the incident, the university took certain systems offline, including phone services, to mitigate the attack. The university serves a large student body of 40,000 across six campuses. The cyberattack was identified over the weekend, leading to the swift action by the IT team. The university's actions were aimed at containing the threat. The incident affected systems at the academic campus in San Antonio.