"We Have Terrible Security Practices" - University of Pennsylvania Hackers Say They've Stolen over a Million Records in Major Cyberattack

Penn reports email breach incident to the FBI, and an alum files a lawsuit

An undetermined number of Penn students and alumni received what school officials called a “fraudulent email” purporting to be from the university's Graduate School of Education.

Purported hacker behind Penn's fraudulent email claims to have grabbed donor data in attack

An anonymous person who claims to be behind the fraudulent emails sent from the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education last week claims to have gotten their hands on much more information than a few email lists. The alleged hacker reached out to the cybersecurity site BleepingComputer on Sunday. Among the person’s claims: They sent the offensive email Friday to more than 700,000 recipients. They breached several university co…

Alleged U Penn hacker claims they’re in it for money, not ‘primarily “anti-DEI”’

A person claiming to be one of the University of Pennsylvania hackers says that about "1.2 million lines of data" will be kept private for the group to sell before it is made public. The group also plans to make other documents public. In comments to The Verge, the hacker or hackers distanced themselves from earlier hacks of other private universities including Columbia - which were aimed at demonstrating colleges had maintained unlawful pro-div…

"We have terrible security practices" - University of Pennsylvania hackers say they've stolen over a million records in major cyberattack

The hackers also insulted the University and confirmed they were targeting donors.

Penn hacker claims to have stolen 1.2 million donor records in data breach

A hacker has taken responsibility for last week's University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania Says It Has Called FBI Over Data Breach

The University of Pennsylvania says it has called in the Federal Bureau of Investigation after offensive emails were distributed to alumni. In a statement, the university said that a data breach had affected “select information systems.” “We are working with law enforcement as well as other third-party technical resources to address this as rapidly as possible,” the university said Monday. The FBI did not immediately return a message seeking com…