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Phoenix Man Accused Of Hacking University Emails Around The Country

Cybersecurity issues have gained national attention recently, like the one in late October that caused Twitter outages. Now an email hack is making national news this one started in Arizona.

A Phoenix man has been charged with trying to hack into email accounts at more than 75 universities nationwide.

Jonathan Powell is being held after attorneys in New York said Powell targeted dozens of schools, including a hack into student email accounts at a New York school and one in Pennsylvania. Attonrneys said that Powell stole students' personal information and searched photos for potentially embarrassing content.

Heather van Blokland was a host at KJZZ from 2016 to 2021.