For the second time in four months, Harvard University was hacked.
On Wednesday, the school announced that it discovered a breach in its Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Central Administration IT networks. The news of the hack—which was discovered on June 19— comes on the heels of a handful of high-profile data breaches throughout the country and just months after Harvard's Institute of Politics website was allegedly taken over by “AnonGhost,” a pro-Palestinian hacker group.
Students enter a building at Harvard University's Business School. (Photo credit: Brent... [+]
According to the announcement from Harvard's administration, this most recent cyber attack on the school's system impacted a total of eight schools and administrative organizations.
"At this time, we have no indication that personal data, research data, or PIN System credentials have been exposed," reads the memo. "It is possible that Harvard login credentials (username and password) used to access individual computers and University email accounts have been exposed."
The announcement urged some members of the affected parties to update their passwords associated with their school accounts and others to change their email passwords. Students at the Harvard Business, Kennedy, Law, Medical and Dental schools have been told that they were not affected by the breach.
The party responsible for the attack has not been identified at this point, but the hack on the Ivy League school's system is just one in a long line of data breaches, highlighting the vulnerability of networks throughout the United States and elsewhere. Just last month, the Office of Personnel Management was the victim of a massive data breach that could have impacted a staggering four million federal employees.
