Harvard Reveals IT Systems Breach that Affected Eight Colleges Back in June

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2nd July 2015  By David Bisson
 
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Harvard University has revealed that it discovered a breach of its IT systems back on June 19th, an incident which is believed to have affected eight separate schools and administrative organizations.
 
The university’s IT security teams have created a unique website whose aim is to explain to the Harvard community what happened.
“On June 19, Harvard discovered an intrusion on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Central Administration information technology networks,” the website’s “Cyber Alert” reads. “Since discovering this intrusion, Harvard has been working with external information security experts and federal law enforcement to investigate the incident, protect the information stored on our systems, and strengthen IT environments across the University.”
 
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University login credentials used to access computers and email accounts may have been exposed.

 
Harvard University recently announced that on June 19, 2015, it discovered an intrusion into the IT networks of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Central Administration.
"Since discovering this intrusion, Harvard has been working with external information security experts and federal law enforcement to investigate the incident, protect the information stored on our systems, and strengthen IT environments across the University," university provost Alan Garber and executive vice president Katie Lapp said in a statement.
 
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