{"id":245273,"date":"2026-07-16T22:11:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T22:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/245273\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T22:11:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T22:11:35","slug":"cedar-crest-college-experiences-significant-cybersecurity-incident-affecting-colleges-technology-allentown-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/245273\/","title":{"rendered":"Cedar Crest College experiences significant cybersecurity incident affecting colleges technology | Allentown Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Cedar Crest College has identified a significant cybersecurity incident that is affecting portions of the College\u2019s technology environment, according to a social media post.<\/p>\n

Upon becoming aware of the incident, Cedar Crest initiated its emergency response protocols to contain the threat and protect its data, according to the college.<\/p>\n

The college says it is investigating the incident, working to secure its systems, and taking steps to restore affected services safely.<\/p>\n

Cedar Crest has shared that they understand this situation may cause concern for members of the community, and they are committed to sharing accurate information as it becomes available.<\/p>\n

For more information and updates, please check Cedar Crest\u2019s webpage. https:\/\/www.cedarcrest.edu\/cybersecurityupdate\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Cedar Crest College has identified a significant cybersecurity incident that is affecting portions of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,2975,83438,104994,26030,104993],"class_list":["post-245273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-cedar-crest-college","tag-cybersecurity-incident","tag-data-protection","tag-emergency-response","tag-technology-environment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}