Office of Technology defends university from cyberattacks
With an enrollment of over 14 thousands students, the university finds itself a prime target for cyber attacks. Students and faculty are often targets of phishing attacks in which hackers portray themselves as a trusted source in order to steal data from the user. Mark Hemel, network specialist for the Office of Technology, explained that phishing attacks occur more often than people might realize. “The university sends/receives more than a million emails in a given day and the rough numbers lead to more than 80% of that being undesirable email,” said Hemel. Hemel elaborated that phis...
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