Adam Studzinski reports that a data breach at Illinois State University caused the payroll of 13 university employees to be misdirected. But from the coverage, it doesn’t sound like their payments were misdirected to other employees, but rather, to criminals. The university is investigating how the breach occurred.
Groves added it appears at least five other universities have been affected by this data breach – none of which are in Illinois.
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Some additional details can be found in coverage on Pantagraph.