"A notorious hacking group has claimed responsibility for last year's data breaches at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) and published the data that they claim to have stolen from the two schools. On Wednesday, the group known as ShinyHunters published what it claims are more than one million records from each university on the group's dedicated leak site, which the gang uses to extort its victims."
"At the time, the hackers also sent alumni emails announcing the hack from official university addresses. The university blamed the breach on social engineering, an attack that often relies on hackers impersonating someone and tricking them into doing something they would not normally do. In its official breach disclosure web page, which has since been taken offline, UPenn did not say exactly what type of data the hackers stole, simply saying the cybercriminals accessed "systems related to Penn's development and alumni activities.""
ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for breaches at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania and published what it says are over one million records from each on a leak site used for extortion. UPenn confirmed a breach affecting systems related to development and alumni activities and said hackers sent alumni emails from official addresses. The university attributed the attack to social engineering and removed its breach disclosure page. TechCrunch verified portions of the released data against alumni and public records. Harvard confirmed a voice phishing breach of alumni systems and said stolen information included contact details, event attendance, donation records and other biographical data.
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