University of Pennsylvania Reports Data Breach Involving ‘Highly Offensive’ Emails

The emails were sent on Halloween from seemingly legitimate university accounts.

In this photo illustration, a hacker types on a computer keyboard on May 13, 2025. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times

The University of Pennsylvania called the FBI after hackers breached its systems last week and sent emails that criticized the institution as “elitist,” “woke,” and “completely unmeritocratic.”

University officials said on Monday that the hack compromised “select information systems” and elicited quick collaboration with law enforcement and independent cybersecurity experts to ensure any further fallout could be mitigated.