University server shutdown sparks prosecutor intervention
The Athens Prosecutor’s Office launched an ex officio investigation on Thursday into a server outage at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens on Monday, which prevented students from completing online examinations.
The outage was carried out with the assistance of an employee as an act of solidarity with students who occupied faculties to protest the establishment of non-state universities. In response, rectorial authorities had resorted to remote exams.
Initially expecting a report from the university’s rectorial authorities by Thursday, prosecutors intervened ex officio to conduct a criminal preliminary investigation.
The objective is to ascertain the extent of the damage and identify individuals who had access to the university’s information system to attribute responsibility for specific violations like destroying digital data and interfering with the operation of information systems.
As part of the preliminary examination, the cybercrime unit of the Greek Police, supervised by a prosecutor, will conduct an administrative inquiry under oath, during which representatives of the rector’s authorities will provide statements.
