Louisiana HBCU says personal data from 44,000 students accessed in November cyberattack

The only Catholic historically Black college or university (HBCU) reported a data breach this week involving Social Security numbers and other personal information from more than 44,000 students and vendors.

In filings with the office of Maine’s attorney general, Xavier University of Louisiana said it suffered a cyberattack on November 22.

“Xavier engaged cybersecurity experts to assist with the process,” they wrote, determining on January 24 that “student and vendor personal information may have been acquired without authorization during the …

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