{"id":7656,"date":"2026-05-24T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/?p=7656"},"modified":"2026-05-03T22:03:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T03:03:06","slug":"get-your-my-uchicago-data-off-the-dark-web-in-five-easy-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/24\/get-your-my-uchicago-data-off-the-dark-web-in-five-easy-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Your my.UChicago Data Off the Dark Web in Five Easy Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <em>Maroon<\/em> recently reported that student data in my.UChicago was vulnerable to theft. When I heard the news, I had a few thoughts. \u2018Is Duo really doing anything if something like this can happen?\u2019 \u2018How could other people even <em>find <\/em>my data? <em>I<\/em> can\u2019t find my data!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But more than anything, I thought, \u201cIs my data on the dark web? And is there anything I can do to get my data off the dark web?\u201d The answer to both of these questions is yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 1: Turn your computer off and turn it on again. This won\u2019t do anything, but it\u2019s the first thing IT will ask you to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 2: Go to IT. Tell them yes, you have already tried turning the computer on and off and no, it did not get your data off the dark web. They will probably not fix the problem but might confiscate your computer for a week to try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 3: Sue the University. It\u2019s their fault your data got stolen, and you\u2019ll need the money to hire a team of white-hat hackers to locate your data. (Note: to do this step, you will need to hire a lawyer, which may be tricky now that all your credit cards are frozen because of suspicious transactions in Uzbekistani cryptocurrency.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 4: Assemble your team of white-hat hackers. Some good people to ask might be CS majors, disgruntled former IT employees, and that mysterious Uzbekistani guy who suddenly seems to have a lot of disposable income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 5: Honestly? Let the hackers keep your data. If your name is used to buy crypto in Uzbekistan, at least you know you\u2019ve helped someone, somewhere, somehow. We all have our part to play in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I heard the news, I had a few thoughts. \u2018Is Duo really doing anything if something like this can happen?\u2019 \u2018How could other people even find my data? I can\u2019t find my data!\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2090,"featured_media":7657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-komono"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2090"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7656"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7658,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7656\/revisions\/7658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}