Clark College's server down after cyberattack
Friday, July 15, 2011
More like this
Clark College’s computer system hacked
Richland lab restores email after cyberattack
Cyberattack on Richland national lab computers
A cyberattack on Clark College's Web server interrupted fall registration for three hours Friday morning.
The denial-of-service attack, caused by a flood of bogus connection requests, halted the computer's server between 7:30 a.m. and about 10:30 a.m. Friday.
Once the college's IT department was alerted, it quickly worked to get the server back running, said Barbara Kerr, spokeswoman for Clark College. There was no data breach, Kerr added.
She said in an email the interruption was a "malicious attempt to disrupt online services provided through the college website. It caused inconvenience for our students -- and faculty and staff."
Students trying to register during the interruption didn't lose their only chance to register. They are still allowed to register any time after their assigned registration time, Kerr said.
Just last week, the names, addresses, phone numbers and student identification numbers of 250 Clark College students were potentially disclosed when someone hacked into the college’s computer system.
Rate this
You must be logged in to rate this.
Current Rating : Nobody has rated this article yet.
Search Alerts
Receive updates from us on people or topics that interest you. (What's this?)
Sign up to receive email and/or text alerts from us whenever someone or something of interest appears on columbian.com. For example, if you follow the Blazers, you could enter LaMarcus Aldridge and we'd send you a link to our stories whenever he is mentioned in them. You just enter the person's name or other search terms, i.e., light rail or Vancouver crime, and then click Submit to sign up to receive updates. Note: Keep in mind that carrier charges may apply for SMS updates.
Choose a term below or enter in your own for you to automatically receive alerts when we post something new.
