U.S. Universities Rethink Cyber Security, Facing Millions of Attacks Weekly
American research universities are increasingly coming under cyber-attack, with millions of hacking attempts every week, most of which are thought to be from China.
According to an article from The New York Times, campuses are forced to tighten security, constrict the culture of openness and try to determine what information has been stolen. University officials have conceded that some hacking attempts were successful, but they decline to reveal specifics. They acknowledge, however, that they frequently do not learn of break-ins until much later, if ever, and it might not be possible to tell what was lost.