Princeton University Data Breach Impacts Alumni, Students, Employees

Hackers accessed a database containing information about alumni, donors, faculty, students, parents, and other individuals.

Princeton University over the weekend disclosed a data breach impacting alumni, donors, faculty, students, parents, and other members of its community.

On November 10, the university says, a threat actor accessed an Advancement database containing names, addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers, along with information on fundraising activities and donations to the institution.

According to the university, the data breach likely impacted all alumni (even enrolled students who did not graduate), alumni spouses and partners, the widows and widowers of alumni, university donors, current students, parents of current and past students, and current and past faculty and staff.

The database generally contains information related to fundraising and alumni engagement activities, but no passwords, Social Security numbers, or financial information.

It does not contain detailed student records or data about staff employees either, unless they are ...