- Computer security breach refers to the act of accessing a University computer or computer network without authority or beyond authorized access and content.
- The acts that constitute computer security breach include but are not limited to the following:
- Hacking or identity theft, or introducing false information (e.g., using someone else’s account and sending offensive mail, posting malicious remarks, and uploading malicious and sensitive pictures)
- Altering information (e.g., changing the password of someone else’s account and changing data in files beyond one’s authorized access, etc.)
- Damaging or destroying information (e.g., deleting someone else’s files, etc.)
- Preventing authorized use of information
- Preventing normal operation (e.g., changing the configuration or CMOS set-up of a personal computer or laptop, introducing computer virus, etc.) of computers or computer networks of the University
- Students who commit any of the aforementioned acts shall be charged a major offense under the Article VIII, Section 2(b) of the Student Code of Conduct.