BU plans to apply a two-factor authentication system on the Student Link in February 2020 in order to ensure students’ security and privacy, BU officials say.

In this episode of “East to West,” we cover a data breach affecting hundreds of student accounts, a recent trend in commuting on campus, and a rise in Massachusetts rape reports. This episode...

Over 1,000 Boston University students were forced to change their account passwords after BU servers were flooded with spam emails from student accounts in late September, university officials said. The spam is believed to be a result of a 2018 breach of the educational site Chegg.

Boston University placed seventh from the bottom in a study on higher education institutions’ web security. BU received an overall grade of ‘D’ at 68 percent, according to a Thursday release. Compiled...