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DII-2025-00377
ReportedReported by fewer than three independent publishers, with no official finding.

University of Pennsylvania says it wasn’t hacked after a vulgar email was sent to campus community. They were wrong (1)

Update: And this, kids, is why we always say entities shouldn’t rush to claim they weren’t hacked. Bleeping Computer was able to validate some of the hackers’ claims. See their report, Penn hacker claims to have...

2 November 2025 · Hacking and intrusion
2 November 2025
DII-2025-003775 sources ↓
Quick facts
Category
Hacking and intrusion
Source
DataBreaches.net
Date
2 November 2025
Drafted by
Raidu Incident Detection

What happened

Not publicly disclosed.

Classification

Category
Hacking and intrusion
Industry
Education

Sources and evidence

This record was researched and written by the Index, based on the following original reporting.

DataBreaches.net
University of Pennsylvania says it wasn’t hacked after a vulgar email was sent to campus community. They were wrong (1)
2 November 2025
bleepingcomputer.com
Penn hacker claims to have stolen 1.2 million donor records in data breach
cbsnews.com
reports
techcrunch.com
reports
nyunews.com
student data dumped