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Kean University Designated Cybersecurity Center of Excellence!

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Associate Professor Jing-Chiou Liou, Ph.D., teaches a computer science class at Kean University, which has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense by the National Security Agency. (Photo Credit: Kean University)

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Union NJ, Kean University has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense by the National Security Agency for its academic programs and practices to address a growing national crisis — the shortage of trained cybersecurity professionals in the workforce.

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Dozens of countries hit by huge cyberextortion attack

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NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of countries were hit with a huge cyberextortion attack Friday that locked up computers and held users’ files for ransom at a multitude of hospitals, companies and government agencies.

It was believed to the biggest attack of its kind ever recorded.

The malicious software behind the onslaught appeared to exploit a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that was supposedly identified by the National Security Agency for its own intelligence-gathering purposes and was later leaked to the internet.

https://apnews.com/e8402f2faf934f7ab5419d4961d3dafe/Global-extortion-cyberattack-hits-dozens-of-nations