Hacker with ‘political agenda’ stole data from Columbia, university says

A hacktivist with a “political agenda” broke into Columbia University IT systems and stole “targeted” student data in recent weeks, a university official said Tuesday.

It is unclear how long the hacker was in university systems but a Columbia spokesperson said there has been no threat activity detected since June 24. Last week, the school said it was investigating a cyberattack and the university’s website and other systems were intermittently offline.

“Our investigation has indicated the hackers are highly sophisticated and were very targeted in their theft of documents,” the university official said. “They broke in and stole student data with the apparent goal of furthering their political agenda.”

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