Harvard, UPenn Data Leaked in ShinyHunters Shakedown
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Harvard University has been victimized by the ShinyHunters group through a data leak; contact details for 'top donors' were included. The attack involved live phishing attempts targeting IT help desks.
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Leaked Financial and Admissions Data Includes Contact Details for 'Top Donors' Harvard University has been named as a victim and doxed by hack-and-leak group ShinyHunters, apparently as a result of the cybercrime group's ongoing "live phishing" attacks that often attempt to trick IT help desks into giving attackers direct access to a victim's network and cloud-based data.