Federal Officials Issue Alert on Security of College Networks

Federal officials have warned college administrators to comb their computers systems for illicitly placed software after three colleges announced last month that Russian-linked computer crimes have been committed on their campuses. At one of the colleges, police also announced the arrest of a Russian-born man working at a computer.

The first report came out of Arizona State University, where a police department spokesman said state police had seized two desktop computers and at least

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