Iowa State University Servers Holding Sensitive Student Information Used By Attackers to Mine Bitcoins
IT specialists at the Iowa State University have reportedly discovered a data breach that has affected five departmental servers located on-campus, we're learning. Specifically, the University's statement on the matter indicates that the servers were attacked by an unknown entity/group to be used for mining bitcoins by harnessing their computing power. According to the University, the servers held 29,780 Social Security numbers belonging to students who attended the University from 1995 through 2012 and took classes in Computer Science (1995-2005), World Languages and Cultures (2004, 2007,....
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The Iowa State University has suffered a massive security breach which compromised the security of student data and attempted to mine bitcoin. The University says the compromised servers contained social security numbers of 29,780 students enrolled between 1995 and 2012. However, there is no indication that any of the files were accessed. No financial information was stored in the student records and further investigation led the university to conclude that personal information was not the target. "The servers were hacked by an unknown person or persons seeking to generate enough computing....
A student at Harvard was caught using the University's massive computing power to mine Dogecoin. Supercomputers are pretty amazing. They're mostly used for research since they specialise in processing, analysing, and doing computations on ridiculous amounts of data at high speeds. Supercomputer simulations have been used to understand earthquakes, model pandemics, predict the weather, and more. Harvard University has its own supercomputing cluster called Odyssey, which boasts a 14,000 core Intel Xeon architecture with over 10 TB of RAM. But unlike most researchers, one student at Harvard....
Hackers recently took control of a group of HP-branded servers and used them to remotely mine a cryptocurrency called raptoreum, according to reports. This resulted in the compromised cluster of HP machines becoming the biggest contributor to the total mining pool of the cryptocurrency, allowing attackers to rake in $110,000 worth. The coins are said to have been mined between December 9 and December 17.
HP Servers Suffer Cryptojacking Attack
A group of HP servers operating for an undisclosed company was attacked by hackers that managed to take control of the hardware and....
Here are ten awesome Bitcoin facts, success or disasters that you may not be aware of, enjoy! Bitcoin Studies. You suddenly wish you could go back to university, but you only have bitcoins left because of your forward-thinking state of mind? Do not panic: you are now able to pay your tuition fees with Bitcoins for the famous New-Yorker university of The King's College! However, if you are not living on the American soil, be aware that it exists the same kind of initiative, for example by the University of Cumbria in the United Kingdom, or also by the University of Nicosia, in Cyprus. The....
The CEO of popular bitcoin website Blockchain.info has donated $10,000 in bitcoin to the university he attended as a student. Nic Cary graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Business Leadership Program at Washington State's University of Puget Sound in 2007. On 11th February he gave something back, contributing 14.5 BTC to the University for its 2013-14 Alumni Fund. "I was really lucky to be able to attend the University of Puget Sound and I had a wonderful experience - I developed amazing lifelong friendships and was challenged personally and academically every day," Cary said,....