Columbia University has confirmed a data breach involving personal information of students and applicants, including their acceptance or rejection status.

Amid the ongoing political row with the Trump administration, Columbia University has suffered a sophisticated cyber attack ...

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.

FERPA doesn’t just apply to data breach protocol; it governs university data storage and disclosure. David Etherton, former executive director for academic and student technologies for Columbia ...

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 ...

NEW YORK, July 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The law firm of Edelson Lechtzin LLP, based in suburban Philadelphia, is investigating data privacy claims regarding an incident at Columbia University ...

In a notice on its website, Columbia said nobody accessed the publicly viewable file between January 2010 and March 10, 2012.The university said the breach "appears to have been an isolated ...

Columbia learned of a data breach on or about June 24, 2025. If you have received a notice concerning the Columbia University data breach and would like to speak with a lawyer, go HERE.

A politically motivated hacker breached Columbia University’s data systems last week, stealing troves of student documents while briefly shutting down the school’s computer systems, a ...