D'Youville university reports data breach that may have exposed student information

D'Youville University, is reporting a data breach suspected to have caused extensive disruptions to the school's WiFi and internal network during the recent semester. The network issues had a significant impact on various aspects of the university, including assignments, tuition payments, graduation registration, and more. Students and faculty reported that the outage affected essential systems like the student portal, Self-Service, and the learning management system, Canvas.

The breach occurred on February 8 and potentially compromised student names and social security numbers. The incident "may have impacted the privacy" of personal information collected from students during their time at D'Youville, specifically mentioning full names and social security numbers.

There is currently no evidence of any misuse of students' personal information.

The exact number of affected students remains unclear,

As a precautionary measure, D'Youville University has reportedly offered 12 months of credit and identity theft monitoring through Experian.