COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY STUDENT DATA STOLEN BY POLITICALLY MOTIVATED HACKER

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A politically motivated hacker recently breached Columbia University's systems, locking students out of their coursework, email accounts, and video conferencing services. The hacker also stole around 460GB of data, some of which they provided to Bloomberg to showcase that the university employed discriminatory admissions practices. The data includes the Social Security Numbers of students, faculty, staff, applicants, and their families, as well as university ID numbers, citizenship status, admissions decisions, and the program to which they applied.