A leading national cybersecurity firm hired by the University of Massachusetts Amherst to find the culprit behind racist emails and online messages will use custom tools, and both proprietary and commercial data.
The university has enlisted the help of Stroz Friedberg Digital Forensics, owned by the UK-based Aon, to identify the source of racist emails and online messages sent to Black student groups since late August
AMHERST A national cybersecurity company is being called on to assist with an investigation into racist emails sent to members of Black student organizations at the University of Massachusetts.Chancellor Kumble Syubbaswamy announced in a letter to.
The university’s vice chancellor told students the emails, which targeted Black students, were part of a rise in “anti-Black racist incidents” on campus this academic year.