In hopes of spurring economic growth and research development to their surrounding communities, 29 universities across the U.S. are partnering with the “Gig.U” project to bring ultra-high-speed Internet access to campuses and its neighboring areas.
The initiative aims to draw high-tech startups to the areas near the universities by providing Internet speeds up to 1 Gbps….
Three separate attacks on the Penn State computer system have prompted the universtity to begin notifying 30,000 indivuduals that their Social Security numbers may be compromised. The three attacks are apparently unrelated occurred before Christmas where computer systems from the two main campuses and one branch campus were infected with malware.
The areas of the records involved include the Eberly College of Science with 7,758 records; the College of Health…