Vanderbilt tells community to shut down devices during active cybersecurity incident

Vanderbilt confirmed an active incident on November 9th and told users to power down university devices.

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Vanderbilt ordered a campus-wide device shutdown and Wi-Fi disconnect, while Vanderbilt Health barred staff from university systems. The incident interrupted normal campus work.

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Vanderbilt University told its community on November 9th to shut down university devices and disconnect from university Wi-Fi while its Information Technology team investigated an active cybersecurity incident. Vanderbilt University (@VanderbiltU) said the incident may affect university devices, systems, and cloud-based services, in a post on X that matched the university's official incident update.…

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