Dossier
hacktivist
Coverage of hacktivist in the Nexus archive.
- My SSN was exposed in a breach at Columbia—a school I have no connection with
A data breach at Columbia University in June exposed 1.8 million Social Security numbers, including those of individuals with no connection to the school. The breach, attributed to a hacktivist motivated by Columbia's 'affirmative action-based' admissions, led to public notices addressed only to the university's community.