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Vanderbilt University Cybersecurity Incident (Ongoing): Wi-Fi, Okta, Email and CampusPrint Back, Other Systems Restricted, Weeks to Full Recovery, What Students and Staff Should Do

On November 9, 2026, Vanderbilt University (Tennessee, US) said it is responding to an active cybersecurity incident that may affect university devices, systems and cloud-based services. In its 6 p.m. November 10 update, the university said campus Wi-Fi, Okta (keep using multi-factor authentication), Vanderbilt email (on university and personal devices), CampusPrint, Brightspace, Zoom and YES (all course registration is proceeding as scheduled) are available. All other systems and applications remain restricted. It anticipates it may take multiple weeks to fully restore normal operations across all systems, and says it is focused on containment and on determining what data, if any, may have been accessed. Students, faculty and staff can use university devices again, and are asked to log a VUIT help desk ticket immediately for any abnormal or suspicious activity they have not already reported. Classes are on their normal schedule. The university has not said whether any data was accessed, lost or compromised (its 9 a.m. November 10 update called it a "hacking incident"). Press reports say a group has claimed responsibility; the university has not confirmed this. The next update is expected by 10 a.m. November 11. This site's take: you can use the available services, but other systems remain restricted and full recovery may take weeks, so check coursework deadlines with instructors and grant deadlines with the university's research office. Personal data exposure is unconfirmed, so wait for official updates, and meanwhile change reused passwords and be wary of messages pretending to be university IT.