University of Pennsylvania suffers email compromise and harassment campaign
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The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) experienced a cybersecurity incident where offensive emails were sent from compromised Penn email addresses. The emails claimed that data was stolen in a breach and criticized the university's security practices and admission policies. The incident involved various Penn email addresses, including those from the Graduate School of Education and other university employees. The emails were sent via 'connect.upenn.edu,' a Penn mailing list platform hosted on Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Penn's Incident Response team is addressing the breach, and the university has warned recipients to disregard the emails. The emails were sent on Friday, October 31, 2025.
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31.10.2025 20:32 1 articles · 10d ago
Offensive emails sent from compromised Penn email addresses
On Friday, October 31, 2025, the University of Pennsylvania experienced a cybersecurity incident where offensive emails were sent from various Penn email addresses. The emails claimed that data was stolen in a breach and criticized the university's security practices and admission policies. The emails were sent via 'connect.upenn.edu,' a Penn mailing list platform hosted on Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Penn's Incident Response team is actively addressing the breach.
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- ‘We got hacked’ emails threaten to leak University of Pennsylvania data — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 31.10.2025 20:32
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The emails were sent from various Penn email addresses, including the Penn Graduate School of Education ([email protected]) and other University of Pennsylvania employees.
First reported: 31.10.2025 20:321 source, 1 articleShow sources
- ‘We got hacked’ emails threaten to leak University of Pennsylvania data — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 31.10.2025 20:32
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The emails were sent via 'connect.upenn.edu,' a Penn mailing list platform hosted on Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
First reported: 31.10.2025 20:321 source, 1 articleShow sources
- ‘We got hacked’ emails threaten to leak University of Pennsylvania data — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 31.10.2025 20:32
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The emails contained offensive language and criticized the university's security practices and admission policies.
First reported: 31.10.2025 20:321 source, 1 articleShow sources
- ‘We got hacked’ emails threaten to leak University of Pennsylvania data — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 31.10.2025 20:32
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Penn's Incident Response team is actively addressing the breach.
First reported: 31.10.2025 20:321 source, 1 articleShow sources
- ‘We got hacked’ emails threaten to leak University of Pennsylvania data — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 31.10.2025 20:32
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The university has warned recipients to disregard the emails and contact local IT support if they receive any new or different messages that raise concern.
First reported: 31.10.2025 20:321 source, 1 articleShow sources
- ‘We got hacked’ emails threaten to leak University of Pennsylvania data — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 31.10.2025 20:32