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University of Pennsylvania confirms data stolen in cyberattack
The University of Pennsylvania has confirmed that a hacker breached numerous internal systems related to the university’s development and alumni activities and stole data in a cyberattack. In a new statement, Penn confirmed GeekFeed’s reporting that the hackers breached its systems using compromised credentials, stating they were stolen in a social engineering attack. “On October 31, Penn discovered that […]
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 “We got hacked” email incident, saying it was a far more extensive breach that exposed data on 1.2 million donors and internal documents. On Friday, University of Pennsylvania alumni and students began receiving multiple offensive emails from Penn.edu addresses claiming the university had been hacked and […]