Columbia University said Tuesday that an outage of its IT systems on campus last week was the result of a hacker.

Amid the ongoing political row with the Trump administration, Columbia University has suffered a sophisticated cyber attack by a politically motivated hacktivist who copied student data.

The university official said that the purported “hacktivist” targeted specific documents during the June 24 cyberattack.

A hacker who caused a dayslong IT outage at the University in June stole data from Columbia’s networks, the University wrote ...

The cyberattack that caused a widespread shutdown of Columbia University’s computer systems last week appears to be the work ...

A politically motivated hacker breached Columbia University’s data systems last week, stealing student records and causing ...

A university official told The Post the savvy hacker appeared to target specific documents to advance their political agenda.

A breach of Columbia University’s IT systems after repeated attacks by U.S. President Donald Trump is highlighting how ...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP is investigating a data breach impacting the sensitive personal information of faculty, staff, applicants, students, and ...

Columbia University issued a warning following a widespread technical outage on June 24 that impacted the school’s emails and ...

A skilled hacktivist breached Columbia University’s servers, stealing data of over 2 million individuals in a politically charged cyberattack.