Topic: donor database

  • University of Pennsylvania Data Stolen in Cyberattack

    University of Pennsylvania Data Stolen in Cyberattack

    The University of Pennsylvania experienced a cybersecurity breach where hackers used stolen credentials via social engineering to access systems, stealing sensitive data and sending fraudulent emails. Attackers exfiltrated approximately 1.71 GB of internal documents and a donor database with 1.2 ...

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  • U Penn Hacker Says Motive Was Money, Not Anti-DEI Stance

    U Penn Hacker Says Motive Was Money, Not Anti-DEI Stance

    The University of Pennsylvania data breach was financially motivated, with the hacker aiming to access and potentially sell the wealthy donor database, not driven by ideological opposition to diversity initiatives. Compromised data includes sensitive personal information from donors, internal uni...

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  • Penn Data Breach: 1.2 Million Donor Records Stolen by Hacker

    Penn Data Breach: 1.2 Million Donor Records Stolen by Hacker

    A data breach at the University of Pennsylvania exposed personal information of about 1.2 million donors, students, and alumni, compromising systems like Salesforce and SAP through an employee's SSO account. Hackers accessed sensitive donor data including names, addresses, donation histories, and...

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