Archive · 4 Nov 2025
University of Pennsylvania Contacts FBI Over Data Breach and Offensive Emails
Someone got into the University of Pennsylvania's computer systems and sent mean emails to people who went to the school.
These emails said bad things about the university.
The university said they are working with the FBI to fix this problem quickly.
It is not yet confirmed, but someone said they took information about 1.2 million people who have given money to the university.
Universities are sometimes targets for people who want to steal information or cause trouble.
The University of Pennsylvania has contacted the FBI following a data breach.
Offensive emails, critical of the university, were sent to alumni.
The breach affected 'select information systems' at the university.
A hacker group claims to have exposed data on 1.2 million donors, though this is unconfirmed.
Higher education institutions are frequent targets for cyberattacks.
- Who
- University of Pennsylvania
- What
- A data breach affecting select information systems, resulting in the distribution of offensive emails to alumni.
- When
- Monday (statement released), Friday (email sent to alumni)
- Where
- University of Pennsylvania
- Why
- The university stated that select information systems were affected, leading to the breach.
- Institution
- University of Pennsylvania
- Law Enforcement Involvement
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Nature of Breach
- Offensive emails distributed to alumni, affecting select information systems.
- Alleged Data Exposed
- Data on 1.2 million University of Pennsylvania donors (unconfirmed).