Harvard Hacked: Clop Ransomware Puts Ivy League in Data Breach Spotlight
Harvard University is investigating a data breach after the Clop ransomware gang listed the school on its site. The breach allegedly stems from a zero-day vulnerability in Oracle’s E-Business Suite. While Harvard assures swift patching, Clop threatens to release the data, making “Clop saves the day” a less-than-reassuring catchphrase.
Hot Take:
Harvard University may have a zero-day vulnerability in its Oracle E-Business Suite servers, but it’s not zero in drama. As the Clop ransomware gang places the Ivy League institution on its data leak site, one wonders: Is it time for Harvard to borrow some cybersecurity lessons from the School of Hard Knocks?
Key Points:
- Harvard University is under investigation for a data breach linked to Oracle’s E-Business Suite zero-day vulnerability.
- The Clop ransomware gang is behind the extortion, threatening to leak Harvard’s data if a ransom isn’t paid.
- A zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-61882, is at the heart of the problem, prompting Oracle to issue an emergency update.
- Harvard claims the breach impacts only a limited number of parties within a small administrative unit.
- The cybersecurity community expects more organizations to be affected by this Oracle vulnerability soon.
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