Skip to Main Content
The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University

The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

The Daily Free Press

The Boston University Student Link login page. A two-factor authentication will be required to log in beginning in February. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU to add extra authentication step to Student Link

Wayne Yu December 6, 2019
BU plans to apply a two-factor authentication system on the Student Link in February 2020 in order to ensure students’ security and privacy, BU officials say.
East to West: October 15, 2019

East to West: October 15, 2019

JenRacoosin October 15, 2019

In this episode of “East to West,” we cover a data breach affecting hundreds of student accounts, a recent trend in commuting on campus, and a rise in Massachusetts rape reports. This episode...

Students were forced to change their Boston University account passwords after educational site Chegg was breached. ILLUSTRATION SOFIA KOYAMA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Following flood of spam emails, more than 1,000 student accounts temporarily disabled

Samantha Kizner October 10, 2019
Over 1,000 Boston University students were forced to change their account passwords after BU servers were flooded with spam emails from student accounts in late September, university officials said. The spam is believed to be a result of a 2018 breach of the educational site Chegg.
The 2015 Higher Education Security Report, released Sept. 10, found that Boston University ranked in the lowest 10 schools for Internet security. PHOTO BY L.E. CHARLES/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU ranks in bottom 10 for digital security level 

Anush Swaminathan September 16, 2015

Boston University placed seventh from the bottom in a study on higher education institutions’ web security. BU received an overall grade of ‘D’ at 68 percent, according to a Thursday release. Compiled...

Load More Stories
Activate Search
Information Security