A group of York students has won the opportunity to have their very own I-phone application developed after winning The App Challenge final, held at the Ron Cooke Hub on Wednesday, January 18.
Her Majesty the Queen will be visiting York on Maundy Thursday, 5th April, as part of the 800th anniversary of York’s Charter for the traditional “Royal Maundy” ceremony.
A flood caused by a heating system “failure” forced the university IT services to shut down many essential systems on Sunday night, causing problems for many students on the eve of their exams and assignment due-dates.
Over 95% of emergency calls to Campus Security were answered within 15 seconds, it has been revealed.
YUSU Welfare officer Bob Hughes has warned students to be vigilant after a student loans phishing scam has been revealed.
The scam asks students to provide their bank account details and falsely states that this information is required for loan payments to be made.
In a statement on their website, Student Finance England stated that they “will never email you asking you to confirm your login or user details”.
They added: “If you get an email asking you to follow a link to the Student Finance England website to confirm your account details, you should forward it to phishing@slc.co.uk then delete it.”
Writing on the YUSU blog, Hughes said: “If your loan has not come in, and you are desperate for money, Student Support Services offer emergency loans of up to £250, which you repay when your money has come in.”
In December 2011, six individuals were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud, money laundering and Computer Misuse Act offences. It is understood that hundreds of students may have fallen victim to the scam, which the Met Police said could have cost students more than £1 million.
Criminals are alleged to have taken between £1,000 and £5,000 out of the bank accounts of students whose details they had fraudulently obtained.
In a Metropolitan Police press release, Detective Inspector said: “A great deal of personal information was compromised and cleverly exploited for substantial profits. We have disrupted a suspected organised group of cyber criminals and prevented further loss to individuals and institutions in the UK.”
The Met Police added: “All members of the public are encouraged to use extreme caution when clicking on links or files in unsolicited emails.
“The safest way to deal with online banking is to log into the site directly via the browser's address bar, and ensure that a secure connection is achieved on any page requesting personal details (denoted by the prefix https: in the browser's address bar).”
For further advice on protecting yourself online visit www.getsafeonline.org.
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