# Cybersecurity student, 21, found dead days after vanishing near Niagara Falls

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/cybersecurity-student-21-found-dead-days-after-vanishing-near-niagara-falls/
- Published: 2026-11-02T17:12:19+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-02T17:28:21+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16259153/Cybersecurity-student-dead-vanishing-Niagara-Falls.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Cybersecurity, Technology, World

## Key points

- RIT student Max Cardone, 21, was found dead after going missing.
- He was last seen near Niagara Falls on 21 October.
- Police have not released the cause of death.

## Summary

Maximilian “Max” Cardone, a 21-year-old cybersecurity student at the Rochester Institute of Technology, has been found dead after going missing near Niagara Falls. The university confirmed his death and offered condolences to his family, friends and classmates, while encouraging students to use campus support services.

Cardone was last known to be near Niagara Falls at about 11am on 21 October, and the university filed a missing-person report the following day. He joined RIT in autumn 2023 and was studying at its Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences. The cause of death has not been released, and the case was transferred to New York State Police and New York State Park Police.

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