Harvard investigates security breach after threat to publish stolen data
A cybercrime group threatened to publish data stolen from Harvard University. Harvard is investigating the security breach, and the specific extent of the damage and the date of the incident have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Harvard University
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- It became known that Harvard University was investigating a security breach after a cybercrime group threatened to publish stolen data.
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