UPenn has been hacked and the hackers are threatening to release admissions data for donors, legacies

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was a hack of the email system so they could send out the email, but not a true hack of the internal systems.

https://www.thedp.com/article/2025/10/penn-gse-emails-we-got-hacked-subject-security-breach

They sent the email using the email servers of UPenn. So it was by definition a hack of their internal system...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was a hack of the email system so they could send out the email, but not a true hack of the internal systems.

https://www.thedp.com/article/2025/10/penn-gse-emails-we-got-hacked-subject-security-breach

They sent the email using the email servers of UPenn. So it was by definition a hack of their internal system...

From the article:

In an message sent to members of Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication, Elizabeth Cooper, the school’s IT help desk manager, addressed the “offensive emails” and emphasized that “ASC has not been hacked.”

“These emails are being received by individuals outside of UPenn as well,” Cooper wrote. “It appears that some email list, which is beyond our control, was accessed by malicious individuals who then sent out these messages.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope this isn't true. No one deserves to have their admissions file made public, even if they got into the school through some type of hook we don't like.

I can think of a few UPenn graduates who deserve exactly that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think that they stated they're going to release admissions data showing how UPenn is "unmeritocratic".

Yes, and imagine the joke being on them when everyone sighs and says they know and the hackers go to jail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope this isn't true. No one deserves to have their admissions file made public, even if they got into the school through some type of hook we don't like.

I can think of a few UPenn graduates who deserve exactly that.

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope this isn't true. No one deserves to have their admissions file made public, even if they got into the school through some type of hook we don't like.

I can think of a few UPenn graduates who deserve exactly that.

+1.

Sadly, I would bet that the really interesting records have been purged from whatever system was hacked.

[Anonymous]

Upenn isn't a meritocracy? yea, no kidding. Of course legacies who donate or are important VIP people and major donors who are contributing in the mid six figures and up have kids get in if they are remotely qualified. I imagine they arent accepting kids with 1200 SAT and 2.8GPA, but if your DD has a 3.6 from a good private with a 1400+ SAT and you are making million dollar donations she will get in, even if an unhooked kid from the same school would still be a maybe with a 3.9 GPA and 1550+ SAT. LIFE ISN'T FAIR CONNECTIONS MATTER NONE OF THIS IS SHOCKING.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 100% here for this!

A public service…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Upenn isn't a meritocracy? yea, no kidding. Of course legacies who donate or are important VIP people and major donors who are contributing in the mid six figures and up have kids get in if they are remotely qualified. I imagine they arent accepting kids with 1200 SAT and 2.8GPA, but if your DD has a 3.6 from a good private with a 1400+ SAT and you are making million dollar donations she will get in, even if an unhooked kid from the same school would still be a maybe with a 3.9 GPA and 1550+ SAT. LIFE ISN'T FAIR CONNECTIONS MATTER NONE OF THIS IS SHOCKING.

There is also no evidence that a higher GPA/SAT would matter in your ability to do the work or thrive in the working world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Upenn isn't a meritocracy? yea, no kidding. Of course legacies who donate or are important VIP people and major donors who are contributing in the mid six figures and up have kids get in if they are remotely qualified. I imagine they arent accepting kids with 1200 SAT and 2.8GPA, but if your DD has a 3.6 from a good private with a 1400+ SAT and you are making million dollar donations she will get in, even if an unhooked kid from the same school would still be a maybe with a 3.9 GPA and 1550+ SAT. LIFE ISN'T FAIR CONNECTIONS MATTER NONE OF THIS IS SHOCKING.

There is also no evidence that a higher GPA/SAT would matter in your ability to do the work or thrive in the working world.

Actually, studies show a higher SAT is a better predictor of employment earnings than the actual college you attend. So, yes, there is evidence of a correlation between SAT and thriving in the working world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Upenn isn't a meritocracy? yea, no kidding. Of course legacies who donate or are important VIP people and major donors who are contributing in the mid six figures and up have kids get in if they are remotely qualified. I imagine they arent accepting kids with 1200 SAT and 2.8GPA, but if your DD has a 3.6 from a good private with a 1400+ SAT and you are making million dollar donations she will get in, even if an unhooked kid from the same school would still be a maybe with a 3.9 GPA and 1550+ SAT. LIFE ISN'T FAIR CONNECTIONS MATTER NONE OF THIS IS SHOCKING.

There is also no evidence that a higher GPA/SAT would matter in your ability to do the work or thrive in the working world.

Actually, studies show a higher SAT is a better predictor of employment earnings than the actual college you attend. So, yes, there is evidence of a correlation between SAT and thriving in the working world.

No, just like IQ there is a sweet spot and outliers on the top and bottom do not perform well and actually may perform worse when put in a hyper competitive environment like an Ivy where they are "mediocre".

Those with high but not extreme scores and a 2ndary skill like sports/arts/etc perform the highest because they have 2 avenues for their success, social life and esteem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Upenn isn't a meritocracy? yea, no kidding. Of course legacies who donate or are important VIP people and major donors who are contributing in the mid six figures and up have kids get in if they are remotely qualified. I imagine they arent accepting kids with 1200 SAT and 2.8GPA, but if your DD has a 3.6 from a good private with a 1400+ SAT and you are making million dollar donations she will get in, even if an unhooked kid from the same school would still be a maybe with a 3.9 GPA and 1550+ SAT. LIFE ISN'T FAIR CONNECTIONS MATTER NONE OF THIS IS SHOCKING.

There is also no evidence that a higher GPA/SAT would matter in your ability to do the work or thrive in the working world.

Actually, studies show a higher SAT is a better predictor of employment earnings than the actual college you attend. So, yes, there is evidence of a correlation between SAT and thriving in the working world.

No, just like IQ there is a sweet spot and outliers on the top and bottom do not perform well and actually may perform worse when put in a hyper competitive environment like an Ivy where they are "mediocre".

Those with high but not extreme scores and a 2ndary skill like sports/arts/etc perform the highest because they have 2 avenues for their success, social life and esteem.

This is exhausting. Can we just all agree that it's good to score high but there are also other ways to succeed?

[Anonymous]

Can we finally see Trump's transcripts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Upenn isn't a meritocracy? yea, no kidding. Of course legacies who donate or are important VIP people and major donors who are contributing in the mid six figures and up have kids get in if they are remotely qualified. I imagine they arent accepting kids with 1200 SAT and 2.8GPA, but if your DD has a 3.6 from a good private with a 1400+ SAT and you are making million dollar donations she will get in, even if an unhooked kid from the same school would still be a maybe with a 3.9 GPA and 1550+ SAT. LIFE ISN'T FAIR CONNECTIONS MATTER NONE OF THIS IS SHOCKING.

There is also no evidence that a higher GPA/SAT would matter in your ability to do the work or thrive in the working world.

Actually, studies show a higher SAT is a better predictor of employment earnings than the actual college you attend. So, yes, there is evidence of a correlation between SAT and thriving in the working world.

This is like Malcolm Gladwell making his false correlation between how good the food is and how financial aid is at a college.

[Anonymous]

I'm a Penn alum (from many many years ago) and I got three of the 'crude' hacked emails today.