The University of Pennsylvania joins the growing group of Oracle customers affected by Clop attacks

By Matt Kapko
Publication Date: 2025-12-02 18:41:00

The University of Pennsylvania joined the ever-growing number of victim organizations impacted widespread data theft and extortion campaign This involved the exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability and other flaws in the Oracle E-Business Suite earlier this year by a notorious ransomware group.

The university submitted an application Maine Data Breach Notification On Monday, it was confirmed that nearly 1,500 Maine residents were affected by an intrusion into the Oracle EBS environment over a three-day period in early August.

The Ivy League school and Dozens more victims were unaware of the attack until Oracle discovered the critical vulnerability after members of the Clop ransomware group sent an email Blackmail emails to suspected victim organizations at the end of September. attacker exploited several vulnerabilities According to Mandiant, large amounts of data were allegedly stolen from several Oracle EBS customers in August.

The university said it discovered some personal information was stolen…