A cyberattack on Columbia University exposed personal data of over 860,000 individuals, including Social Security numbers and academic information. The attack was linked to a hacktivist with a political agenda targeting educational institutions and involved data theft used in media reports. #ColumbiaUniversity #Hacktivist #DataBreach
Keypoints
- The breach affected nearly 869,000 people at Columbia University, exposing sensitive data.
- The attack was discovered during a June 24 tech outage, although breaches occurred on May 16.
- Hackers, described as highly sophisticated, targeted the university to further a political cause.
- The hacker claims to have also targeted New York University and the University of Minnesota.
- Stolen data was shared with media outlets to publicize controversial stories related to the Supreme Court ruling.
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