thecollegian Issue 7 • Friday, Dec. 11, 2015 • deltacollegian.net
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Hackers attack Delta staff mail servers
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BY VICTORIA PINASCO deltacollegian@gmail.com
Photo student hopes to inspire PAGE 4
SPEAKING TO STUDENTS: Astronaut and Stockton native Jose Hernandez took time to give Delta College students and other attendants a speech about his time at NASA and the work he put into getting there. Afterwards, Hernandez answers questions and took pictures with those that attended.
Taps Bar-N-Grill brings new way of vending PAGE 6
PHOTOS BY ROBERT JUAREZ
Raley Field hosts first outdoor game PAGE 7
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Stockton astronaut inspires students to follow dreams BY ZACHARIAH MERCES-SPINDLER deltacollegian@gmail.com
Students perform during Fiesta Barroca on Tuesday in Atherton Auditorium. Visit deltacollegian.net for a story and photos from the event.
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Mankind was born reaching for the stars, Stockton astronaut Jose Hernandez included. Born in Stockton, Hernandez attended Franklin High School and graduated from University of Pacific. Hernandez, who still lives here, was invited as part of the Delta College Armchair Traveler series to speak to students. Those present desired to hear the story of a man who has ventured off the planet. Hernandez spoke for 30 minutes about his journey in life including picking vegetables as a child and the inspirations that pushed him on his path to space. Hernandez showed a video from Aug.
2009 of him and his crews’ fast-paced ride off the planet and 14 days on the International Space Station. These seminars are part of Hernandez goal of giving back to the city of Stockton, and inspiring the youth. “I was born and raised in Stockton, under very humble beginnings … I hope the kids here identify with my story and [they] see that I was able to do It under very extenuating circumstances, then hopefully gives them the courage and motivation to say ‘hey I can do it myself,” said Hernandez. Part of his life lessons involve wisdom from his father and lessons learned through perseverance.
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Providing wi-fi around campus for students, installing the latest computers, fighting off mail server hackers from around the world – the Information Technology (IT) department does it all to keep the network up and running. IT at Delta College is a never-ending process of keeping the network and equipment updated. With more than 3,000 computers on campus, IT aims to refresh computers every five years by replacing about 600 computers a year. The department thinks of it the same way a student would update an iPhone every one-two years. “Cost is a factor, there is never enough money to keep up because technology is moving so fast and changing so quickly,” said William Deater, Assistant Director of Information Technology. Three to five years is a normal life span of a server. Delta has some servers that are ten years old. “Ten years is a lifetime in IT,” said Deater. One result of having older servers was the hacking of the Delta staff mail server on Nov. 20. The attack came from a multitude of different locations around the world, including Nigeria, Belgium, Great Britain, Russia, China and Korea. The IT department says the hackers were sending out phishing e-mails to the staff. Phishing is the act of masquerading as a commercial company and gaining access to account holder’s information such as passwords or bank account, credit card and Social Security numbers. The hack was immediately noticed and addressed. The following Monday, “the attack resumed and it took us through the end of the day to move the server and stop the attack,” Deater, said the move was completed around 5 p.m. There are over 1,800 staff mail accounts. All were moved to a newer network where other important information such as payroll and student records are stored. “Our main goal now is to get the last of the old network servers moved over the new networks,” said Deater. By April 2016, the target is to get the 65,000 to 80,000 student mail accounts onto the new server. The old servers relate to the first 4GB iPhone. When the iPhone first launched in 2007, 4GB model was plenty of storage. With more usage of the device, consumers needed more storage. Now we have 64GB devices, along with new networks on the Delta campus that store a minimum of 100MB and up to 1GB. There are 12 physical servers in the IT department with about 300 virtual servers. Delta’s IT facility also stores 85 percent of San Jose State University’s storage, which is leased. Registration for classes is when the network goes through the roof. IT schedules outages during registration at night to refresh the system and make necessary updates. “People expect all systems to run 24/7. With a school our size, we would need a mirror redundant program to do that. Instead, we schedule maintenance times around the school's schedule. We are here to support you guys,” said Deater.