University confirms cyberattack after weeks of rumors

Image:  In late July, Whitworth University undergraduate Byron Gustafson tried to access information on his university’s website, but his request did not go through. At first, he assumed the glitch was temporary. But three days later, he saw a brief post from the university indicating that the institution was experiencing technical difficulties. In search of more information than the university provided, he checked the “Whitworth Confessions” Instagram account, where reports circulated...