College hires cybersecurity team to investigate origins of racist emails sent to groups of black students

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By CBSBoston.com Staff

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AMHERST, Mass. (WBZ) – UMass Amherst has hired a cybersecurity firm to help find the source of the racist emails sent to black student groups.

The posts, signed by a group calling themselves the UMass Coalition For A Better Society, criticized the intelligence, appearance and language of black people.

The school chancellor said Stroz Friedberg Digital Forensics would help with the investigation.

We will not be intimidated by the heinous acts of cowardly individuals who hide in anonymity, Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy said. While we are aware of the challenges of determining the source of anonymous emails such as these, we are confident that Stroz Friedberg, with his vast expertise and technical ability, will methodically follow every lead in pursuit of the contemptible person or persons responsible.

In addition, the school has taken steps to promote understanding, diversity and inclusion by offering the Black Joy, Black Healing and Black Justice Forum in October, launching a Black Advisory Council at the school and increasing the school funding Center of Racial Justice

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