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Students informed of SFU community data security breach

By: Gurpreet Kambo, News Editor A security breach caused SFU’s Chief Information Officer Mark Roman to send out an email to SFU students on the morning of March 2, 2020. According to the email, all SFU community members who joined SFU before June 20, 2019 are affected by the breach.  “We deeply regret this incident, are working diligently to contain the situation and are committed to helping mitigate the potential risks and harm to our faculty, staff, students, alumni, and retirees,” stated Roman, in the email. The breach was a ransomware attack that occurred on February 27 and was amended…

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