News & Alerts

The Internet Archive, known for its expansive collection of digital content and historical web snapshots, suffered a significant data breach impacting a whopping 31 million users.

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

Pitt Information Technology is aware of a Microsoft issue that briefly affected the ability of some Microsoft Teams voice apps to receive calls between approximately 11:50 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10. Individual students, faculty, and staff who use Microsoft Teams did not experience any interruption in phone service. The issue did impact some departmental phone numbers and front desk numbers that use a specific type of Teams voice app. Pitt IT worked with the service provider to resolve the issue as quickly as possible and restore full service.

Microsoft provided a fix to address the intermittent issue that affected access to the Virtual Computing Lab for some students. Pitt IT applied the fix on Friday, Oct. 25. Testing during the weekend indicates that the fix has been successful and full service has been restored. Additional updates will be posted to status.pitt.edu as needed.

Microsoft confirms the issue has been fully resolved. If individuals are still experiencing residual affects from the issue when using new Outlook, Microsoft recommends the following steps: * Outlook Desktop Client: Please restart the Outlook client or app. Desktop users may need to restart twice due to caching. * Outlook on the Web Users: Refresh your session. If issues persist, clear your browser cache and refresh the session again. Pitt IT continues to monitor the service and will post additional updates to status.pitt.edu as needed.

Providing a summary of recent OCR activity, Pitt's HIPAA compliance, and updates to the FERPA Policy.

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

Monitoring confirms the issue has been fully resolved.

One of the easiest ways to boost your cybersecurity is to keep your software and apps updated. Every day, developers are looking for clues that hackers are trying to break into their systems. They are searching for holes where cybercriminals could sneak in, even if they’ve never been breached before. They then release updates to fix these issues and keep the bad actors out. All you have to do is install the latest updates for your devices, software, and apps — including web browsers — to get the latest protections.

Microsoft Corporation has announced security updates for October that affect a broad range of Microsoft products. Microsoft Corporation typically announces security updates on the second Tuesday of each month. Pitt Information Technology recommends that users immediately identify and install the security updates necessary to remediate these vulnerabilities by using Microsoft's Windows Update feature on their computers as soon as possible within the following guidelines:

TDX has taken steps to resolve the intermittent issue that affected TDX access for some users earlier this morning. Full service has been restored. Pitt IT continues to monitor the service and will post additional updates to status.pitt.edu as needed.

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

It was recently revealed that it's possible to combine Meta smart glasses with face image search technology to reveal anyone's personal details just by looking at them.

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which is a great time to level up your security game! While we’re all familiar with the classic advice to "create unique and strong passwords," keeping track of all those passwords is a whole other story. Who can remember a different 20-character string of letters, numbers, and symbols for every account? Enter the password manager: your new security cheat code.

John Duska, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the University of Pittsburgh, has been recognized as a Top 100 Accelerated CISO Award Winner, a prestigious honor that highlights emerging security leaders with less than five years in the role. The merit-based program celebrates those who have demonstrated exceptional skill, innovation, and a commitment to advancing the cybersecurity industry.

The University of Pittsburgh has also seen an increase in phishing and sextortion emails.

Verizon reports it has resolved the issue that affected its cellular service earlier today and restored full service.

Apogee has resolved the issue that briefly affected MyResNet Wi-Fi service earlier this afternoon. Full service has been restored.

Pitt Information Technology, the Office for Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion and the University Center for Teaching and Learning are pleased to announce that

Deepfake-driven fraud remains a top concern as the frequency and complexity of these scams continue to escalate.

Copilot for Microsoft 365 is now available for purchase by University departments as an add-on to Microsoft 365.

Monitoring confirms that the workaround has restored service. Pitt IT continues to work with the service provider to identify and resolve the root cause of the issue.

Think of cybersecurity as a skill only for tech pros? Think again. As technology becomes more integrated into all aspects of our lives, cybersecurity is an increasingly important consideration in most careers across the job market.  With Cybersecurity Awareness Month (October) right around the corner, here’s a look at how cybersecurity applies to different fields.

Power has been restored in the Cathedral of Learning. All PittNet wired and Wi-Fi network services are operational and available.