CYBER criminals are targeting some of the best universities in the United States, leaving thousands of students at risk of being hacked.
Some of the top colleges such as Harvard, Stanford, and Columbia have had their websites infiltrated by "Black Hat SEO" hackers.
According to research from cybersecurity company NordVPN, the hackers zone in on reputable organizations, such as Ivy League institutions, and attach links to sordid content.
They also promote spam that in turn could leave students, and other internet users, susceptible to hacking and having their personal details preyed upon.
Malware programs are lying within these sites, which then opens the door for hacking.
The idea is to piggyback on sites with the highest domain authority
meaning they will get seen at the top of Google search lists, exploiting the prominence of trusted domain names.
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Stanford has been hit particularly hard - their site is packed full of 3,110 links to adult sites like OnlyFans as well as sports streaming services and gambling sites.
Harvard, according to the research, has 309 dodgy links, with Columbia's tally coming in at 238.
The worst by far, however, was the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, which had 49,400.
College websites are a huge draw to hackers.
They get huge volumes of web traffic and will usually contain dozens of pages, including separate landing pages and sections for different departments.
This means there are a lot of potential entry points...
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