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   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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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/nyu-website-defaced-as-hacker-leaks-inf   
   o-on-a-million-students   
      
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