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Student found dead south of campus along railroad tracks Nicholas Carr

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James Lowder, a 19-year-old sophomore pre-business administration major, died last Friday after being hit by a passing train, according to Chico Police Department. Lowder was found by the railroad tracks near West Seventh St. at about 4 a.m. on Nov. 15 after authorities were notified by an Amtrak engineer, according an email sent to the campus community Tuesday. Police say that JAMES Lowder was hit by a LOWDER train owned by Union 1993–2013 Pacific that passed through earlier that night at about 3 p.m. Since Friday, police have spoken to people who had seen Lowder at a party earlier that morning, Merrifield said. Lowder lived on the opposite side of the Services railroad tracks from for Lowder where the party took will be held place. “It’s possible he was Nov. 22 at walking home at the 11 a.m. at time,” Merrifield said. The Chico Police DeLakeside partment is currently Church in working with a representative from Union Folsom, Pacific to investigate Calif. what happened. Lowder, who was born on Dec. 29, 1993, came to Chico from the Folsom area, according to the university email. He first enrolled at Chico State in fall 2012. Services for Lowder will be held Nov. 22 at 11 a.m. at Lakeside Church in Folsom, Calif. Nicholas Carr can be reached at newseditor@theorion.com or

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Chico State became the target of a series of cyber attacks last month

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A series of foreign cyber-attacks that compromised the email accounts of seven university staffers resulted in a disruption of campus communication during the latter half of October. The attack was discovered on Oct. 17, said Mark Hendricks, Chico State’s information security officer. Shortly after, the university began an investigation which revealed that hackers tried to break into the accounts of 46 Chico State employees. The attacks, which were traced back to two separate sources in Britain and the Netherlands, used phishing techniques to dupe staffers into revealing their account credentials. Phishing is the act of attempting to gain someone’s personal information, such as a username and password, by sending emails that disguise the sender’s true identity. “I do know that some of the messages were phishing attacks,” Hendricks said, adding that information gleaned from the investigation indicated that spam emails and possibly malware were also used. The seven accounts that were compromised were subsequently taken over by the attacker, who used them to generate thousands of spam and phishing emails that were sent to recipients on and off-campus. This resulted in university accounts being placed on a ‘blacklist,’ causing university emails to be blocked by spam watchdog services such as The Spamhaus Project, said Brooke Banks, Chico State’s director of user sup-

million was reported lost as a result of online attacks in the U.S. during 2012, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s cyber-crime division.

was the average amount reported as lost to the FBI in 2012.

80 thousand Internet users fall for phishing scams each day, according to Public Safety Canada.

adults suffered from cyber-crime every second worldwide in 2012, according to a report by Symantec Corporation.

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Foreign student enrollment increases across nation Aubrey Crosby

300,000

Asst. News Editor The number of international students studying in the United States has seen a steady increase in the United States and California, according to a report issued by the Institute of International Education last week.

students have enrolled at universities in the U. S. in the past decade.

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The U.S. has seen an increase of about 300,000 students in the past decade, with more than 72 percent of U.S. institutions reporting an increase of foreign students enrolling, according to a report by the Institute of International Education. The countries that have the most students enrolled in the U.S. include China, with about 235,000 students, India, with about 97,000 and South Korea, with about 70,000 students, according to the report.

incoming international students enroll in California universities.

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An estimated 80,000 of these students have made their way to California for education at state universities and community colleges. The California State University system currently has about 20,000 international students enrolled and has not seen an in-

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The Orion ∤ Photograph by Dan Reidel

GLOBETROTTING Mychal Garcia, a senior Spanish and Latin American studies double major, processes paperwork in the International Student Services office. The office handles international student advising and admissions along with the study abroad program. duciusd aestios et fuga. Oloribusam

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billion has been brought in to the U.S. economy by international students. SOUrce ∤ Institute of International Education

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