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IT security breach causes WebCenter shutdown
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Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 04:32:42 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.tuftsdaily.com/it-security-breach-causes-webcenter-shutdown-1.1940619 By Ben Gittleson The Tufts Daily October 6, 2009 An unusually large-scale hacking attack over the weekend affected at least 100 computers on Tufts' Medford/Somerville campus, causing the university to temporarily shut down WebCenter and send many employees home early. The security breach likely resulted from people outside of the university trying to hijack Tufts-affiliated computers in order to send out spam e-mails or to use network storage space for other purposes, according to Dawn Irish, director of communications and organizational effectiveness for University Information Technology (UIT). Irish said that information technology officials will not know for sure what caused the attack until they complete an analysis this week. Impacted computers included those in faculty and staff offices in the Schools of Arts and Sciences and Engineering, as well as machines in Tisch Library and in Undergraduate Education, Student Affairs and Student Services (USS), Irish said. She added that to the best of her knowledge only three of the approximately 100 computers affected belonged to students. [...] ________________________________________ Did a friend send you this? From now on, be the first to find out! Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.org
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