Cyber Security News
Man Arrested for Alleged University Email Hacks
November 13, 2016
Man Arrested for Alleged University Email Hacks
(November 2 & 7, 2016)
Authorities have arrested an Arizona man in connection with a series of email break-ins at US universities and attempted similar break-ins at other colleges. Jonathan Powell allegedly reset passwords for more than 1,000 of the accounts. He also allegedly compromised social media accounts linked to those email accounts.
Read more in:
- https://www.reuters.com: Arizona man arrested
for hacking email accounts at universities
- https://www.theregister.co.uk: Password reset warrior arrested for popping 1050 student accounts