Cyberattack causes computer slowdown at Rutgers University

Anthony Johnson reports on the cyberattack that caused a weekend slowdown of Internet service for students at Rutgers.

The FBI is investigating a cyberattack at Rutgers University that led to a weekend computer slowdown.

The school's system suffered a 'denial of service' attack on Friday.

That means a user redirected computers to contact one specific server, which caused a slowdown.

There was no breach of confidential information.

The Rutgers Office of Information Technology said it is monitoring closely for any potential breach.

The disruption reportedly came from overseas.

The internet was slow and sometimes not available at all on campus during the weekend.

A university spokesman says the system is now working on campus, but that university servers were not available Monday morning to users who are off-campus.

Rutgers students had trouble accessing notes and assignments through the school's computer system.

"You can't get onto any of the Rutgers sites," said student Erica Cipollina. "Sakai was down, where you get in contact with your teachers. Even the Rutgers mail system was down to talk to your teachers."