{"id":170681,"date":"2024-08-20T16:35:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T14:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=170681"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:26","slug":"nwo-application-system-down-following-failed-cyberattack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2024\/08\/20\/nwo-application-system-down-following-failed-cyberattack\/","title":{"rendered":"NWO application system down following failed cyberattack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Research funding body NWO has been hit by a cyberattack. While the damage appears to be limited, the NWO&#8217;s application system will remain offline as a precaution. Deadlines for grant applications will still be enforced, though applications must now be submitted via email.<\/p>\n<p>Initially described as a technical issue, the NWO\u2019s ISAAC application system has now been down for nearly a week. The funding organisation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwo.nl\/nieuws\/storing-in-aanvraagsysteem-isaac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has since confirmed<\/a> that the cause was a cyberattack. For security reasons, ISAAC will remain offline at least until this coming Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were attempts to gain access\u201d, an NWO spokesperson said, \u201cbut they were unsuccessful.\u201d It appears that no harm was done to NWO\u2019s systems, and no data was stolen.<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-lg md:text-xl\">Read more<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/10\/26143046\/phishing_eur_2-3.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139301\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/10\/26143046\/phishing_eur_2-3.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139301 2000w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/10\/26143046\/phishing_eur_2-3-875x583.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139301 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/10\/26143046\/phishing_eur_2-3-1600x1066.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139301 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/10\/26143046\/phishing_eur_2-3-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139301 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/10\/26143046\/phishing_eur_2-3-1280x853.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139301 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/10\/26143046\/phishing_eur_2-3-1536x1024.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139301 1536w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/10\/26143046\/phishing_eur_2-3-150x100.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139301 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/10\/26143046\/phishing_eur_2-3-225x150.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139301 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/10\/26\/personal-data-of-thousands-of-staff-and-students-leaked\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tPersonal data of thousands of staff and students leaked\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2022-10-26\">26 October 2022<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tIT\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Temporary solution<\/h2><p>Researchers use ISAAC to apply for research funding from NWO. This Tuesday afternoon, there was a deadline for the Take-off programme, which supports researchers in bringing their innovations to market. As a temporary measure, applications must now be submitted via email.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very frustrating for researchers that the system isn\u2019t working,\u201d the spokesperson added. \u201cAt this point, we don\u2019t know who is responsible or what their motive might be. It\u2019s even possible that it wasn\u2019t a targeted attack.\u201d ISAAC is expected to be operational again by Monday 26 August.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/03\/01\/dutch-research-council-nwo-refuses-to-pay-ransom-to-hackers\/?noredirect=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NWO was crippled by a successful hack<\/a>. 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