Home > Opinion > University, once again, chooses reputation over constituents in hacking response
By Kyeland Jackson —
On April 6, U of L revealed employee information was hacked by scammers filing fake tax returns. But the university first received news of a hack March 1, established a pattern March 30 and issued a public statement a week later. The university implemented more security measures, notified Equifax and gathered a planned response to the situation.
By then, the university reiterated it values reputation above faculty.
Waiting to ensure the university looked good handling the situation only further endangered the nearly 750 faculty members whose information was compromised.