NYU website defaced as hacker leaks info on a million students

Date:
Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:33:00 +0000

Description:
An attempt to expose racism at NYU seems to have escalated as hackers leak sensitive info on millions.

FULL STORY

A hacking group calling itself Computer Niggy Exploitation has struck the website of New York University (NYU) in an attempt to expose the universitys alleged racism - but has also exposed sensitive information on millions of
NYU applicants.

The NYU website was defaced, and instead of the usual homepage, displayed
three charts showing what the group claims to be NYUs average admitted SAT scores, ACT scores, and GPAs for the 2024-2025 cycle.

The group reminded that the Supreme Court killed affirmative action back in 2023, but the NYU continued anyway, and that the data shows that the average admitted test scores and GPAs for Asian and Caucasian applicants were higher, compared to Hispanic and Black applicants.

Sensitive data leaks

Affirmative action is a policy designed to promote opportunities for historically marginalized groups, particularly in education and employment,
by considering factors like race or gender in admissions and hiring
decisions.

In the US, the Supreme Court effectively ended race-based affirmative action
in college admissions on June 29, 2023, with its ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina.

But here is where it gets even worse. The four CSV files that were accessible on the website revealed NYU admissions data since 1989, including 3 million admitted students applications, demographic data, city, zip codes, and citizenships. Furthermore, the CSVs also showed Common Application data with information such as rejected students, financial aid, Early Decision
students, and information on siblings and parents.

The Record says that the group tried to redact the files so that the
students couldnt be identified, but failed. Full names, addresses, phone numbers, grade point averages, email addresses, were all exposed.

The defacement lasted for approximately two hours, after which the
universitys IT team managed to regain control.

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