"The University of Pennsylvania is investigating a vulgar email that was sent to members of its campus community. Penn told CBS News Philadelphia that it was not hacked, but the university is working to find the source of the fraudulent email. The email's subject line read "We Got Hacked" and included explicit language while urging recipients to "stop giving money" to the university."
"Amanda Silberling reports the message was sent from a variety of different Penn-affiliated email accounts, including the Graduate School of Education (GSE), as well as purporting to come from several senior members of staff across the university. Other Penn affiliates have received the email multiple times from different senders with official @upenn[.]edu email addresses. (Disclosure: As an alumna and former employee of the university, I have received the message three times thus far to my personal email.)"
The University of Pennsylvania is investigating a vulgar, fraudulent email sent to campus community members. The university says it was not hacked and is working to identify the source. The email used the subject line "We Got Hacked," contained explicit language, and urged recipients to stop giving money. Messages were sent from a variety of Penn-affiliated @upenn.edu accounts, including the Graduate School of Education, and purporting to come from senior staff. Affiliates received the message multiple times from different senders; one alumna and former employee received it three times to a personal email. The message threatened data leaks referencing FERPA and SFFA; the risk of an actual student-data dump remains under investigation.
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