Penn and Phoenix Universities Disclose Data Breach After Oracle Hack

The University of Pennsylvania and the University of Phoenix confirm that they are victims of the recent Oracle EBS hacking campaign.

The University of Pennsylvania and the University of Phoenix confirmed on Tuesday that they are among the many victims of the recent cybercrime campaign targeting customers of Oracle’s E-Business Suite (EBS) solution.

The University of Pennsylvania is sending out data breach notification letters to individuals whose personal information was compromised as a result of an attack on its Oracle EBS instance, which it uses for supplier payments, general ledger entries, and other business tasks.

Penn told the Maine Attorney General’s Office that nearly 1,500 of the state’s residents are impacted, but the total number of affected individuals has not been disclosed.

The University of Phoenix disclosed the incident through its parent company, Phoenix Education Partners, in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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