Volume 116, Issue 23
the VISTA “Our Words, Your Voice.”
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Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Train Severs UCO Athlete’s Foot Austin Moseley @Austin_Moseley Reporter
A University of Central Oklahoma football player’s foot was severed by a train early Sunday morning after he tried crossing train tracks in downtown Oklahoma City. Derek Loccident, a defensive back in his sophomore season, was at the Dollhouse on Saturday night celebrating a friend’s birthday. Alysha Webber, a UCO student who was with Loccident at the Dollhouse, said that as the night neared its end, everyone started to find a way home. “He just got left by everyone Ubered by themselves,” Webber said. “He doesn’t have a cell phone so he just started walking home.” On his way home, Loccident was walking near railroad tracks SouthSee pg. 14
Derek Loccident, redshirt sophomore defensive back, is the leading tackler for UCO this year. Loccident is going under surgery to have his leg amputated below the knee.(Provided/UCO Athletics Twitter).
Information Theft Under Investigation Vy Long
@vy169 Reporter
Police at the University of Central Oklahoma are continuing to investigate the theft of payroll information and paychecks involving two UCO employees that occurred in July. The university’s Payroll Office reported this issue to UCO Police and appropriate state agencies. UCO’s Information Technology team was also involved in the investigation and had discovered that those employees’ emails had been hacked because they clicked on a link. “There is nothing to indicate this
incident was a part of a broad data breach,” said Adrienne Nobles, UCO assistant vice president for university communications. “It was the result of individuals clicking on fraudulent links in an emailed phishing attempt.” UCO Police are still investigating this incident. The report shows that one of checks had the amount of over $9,000. According to Nobles, UCO’s Payroll office received requests to change direct deposit information from two separate UCO employee emails in July. Those requests came with the appropriate form and their
personal information. “It was discovered neither employee had initiated the change request,” Nobles said. “In both cases, the checks were stopped before any funds were stolen. “Once a person clicks on a link in an email, that likely appears to come from someone they may know, cyber criminals can gain access to personal information,” Nobles said. “There is no evidence [...] that this is a widespread issue with UCO employee emails.” Some faculty and staff have been warned to check the deposit of their paycheck and be careful with their
emails. To prevent the incident from happening again, UCO has adjusted the practices of changing employee information. A request should be hand-delivered with a photo ID. If a request is not hand-delivered, UCO Payroll office will call the employee at their campus extension and verify their personal information. “UCO Information Technology also regularly trains and reminds employees and students about cyber security issues such as phishing,” Nobles said. “UCO employees are also required to attend annual cyber security training.”
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