Vanderbilt hackers claim a MILLION Social Security numbers stolen — as seething students beg for answers

Vanderbilt hackers claim a MILLION Social Security numbers stolen — as seething students beg for answers


Vanderbilt students logged on to school computers to hear a cryptic message this week: “You have been compromised.”

On Monday morning, the university realized it had been hacked, with the audio message being embedded into its systems.

‘If you could not tell already, your databases are locked.’

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After realizing the school’s computer system had been compromised, university IT teams reportedly went from classroom to classroom telling students and faculty to close Microsoft Word documents and disconnect from cloud services like OneDrive and Dropbox.

The breach was first discovered at 9:50 a.m. CT on Monday, school newspaper the Vanderbilt Hustler reported, with hackers leaving an audio warning to users across campus: “You have been compromised by BYOD. We suggest you reach out to us as soon as possible. Instructions have

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