critical severity February 4, 2026 · 1 min read

University of Pennsylvania Donor Data Dump — February 2026

If you have an account with University of Pennsylvania, here’s what’s now in circulation.

Parallel to the Harvard breach, the Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters group dumped UPenn donor and alumni records in February 2026.

UPenn shield with redacted donor spreadsheet

Parallel to the Harvard alumni breach (see article #3), the Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters group dumped UPenn donor and alumni records in February 2026. The exposed dataset includes donor contact details, donation histories, internal fundraising notes, and family-linkage records.

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UPenn alumni networks include high-profile finance executives, public-figure founders, and political families. The combination of donation patterns + family relationships + contact info is exactly the kind of data that fuels long-tail spearphishing operations targeting wealthy graduates.

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value redacted in this sampleage, relatives, address historySpokeo

value redacted in this samplephone, household, property recordsBeenVerified

value redacted in this sample637 companies checked

Found in breach recordsverifiedreported — unverified

Each record is labeled: confirmed breach data, or an attacker’s claim no one has verified.

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unverifiedvalue redacted in this sampleclaimed in ransomware listing · 2026leak-site claim

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Severity Critical

Disclosed February 4, 2026

Last reviewed July 22, 2026

Affected UPenn alumni and donor records; scope undisclosed

Data exposed Donor contact detailsDonation historiesInternal fundraising notesFamily linkages

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Sources: InfoStealers (Feb 2026)

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