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A government building's exterior with its IT department visible through windows on an upper floor, desks with computer monitors glowing, suggesting discovery of
Vulnerabilities

OnlyFans Creators Are Accidentally Fixing Government Website Security

Adult content creators filing copyright takedowns are, as a side effect, helping university and government IT teams find hacked pages on their own websites.

3 min read
A quiet university server room at night, rows of dark storage racks with faint blue and amber status lights, one rack door left ajar, cables hanging loose, a re
Breaches

Calgary university loses student and staff files to hackers who wiped the originals

Mount Royal University says a June 17 break-in ended with stolen data on shared drives and a ransom demand of 30 bitcoin from a group calling itself CMD Organization.

3 min read
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Ransomware

When the Learning Platform Goes Dark, There Is No Backup Plan

A finals-week breach of a major university software platform in 2026 left students locked out of coursework and grade books. Higher education has proved twice it will pay ransoms. That changes everything.

3 min read
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