NYU website defaced, admissions applicant data exposed
A hacker defaced the New York University website and posted a download link for admissions applicant data. A researcher's analysis found that poor anonymization exposed the names, addresses, phone numbers, grades and more of over 1 million people. A class action lawsuit was later filed claiming 3 million victims.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- New York University
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information and grades of over 1 million people exposed; class action claims 3 million victims
- Cause / method
- Website hacking and defacement, publication of admissions applicant data and poor anonymization
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- The hacking of the New York University website and the publication of test score and GPA data came to light.
- An analysis of the exposure of over 1 million people's personal information and a class action claiming 3 million victims were reported.
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