Harvard University disclosed over the weekend that its Alumni Affairs and Development systems were compromised in a voice phishing attack, exposing the personal information of students, alumni, donors, staff, and faculty members.
The exposed data includes email addresses, telephone numbers, home and business addresses, event attendance records, donation details, and "biographical information pertaining to University fundraising and alumni engagement activities."
However, according to Klara Jelinkova, Harvard's Vice President and University Chief Information Officer, and Jim Husson, the university's Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Development, the compromised IT systems didn't contain Social Security numbers, passwords, payment card information, or financial info.
Harvard officials believe that the following groups and individuals had their data exposed in the data breach:
Alumni
Alumni spouses, partners, and widows/widowers of alumni
Donors to Harvard University
Parents of current and former students
Some current students
Some faculty and staff
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