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Harvard University

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Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Oct 27, 2025

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 records

Confidence

50%

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Cl0p on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.

Group activity: EducationDiscovered: 2025-10-27

Source: Ransomware.live

Company description · AI-generated by the aggregator, not the leak post

Harvard.edu is the official website of Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The platform provides extensive resources about their programs, academic departments, research, libraries, museums, and campus life. It offers information on admissions, financial aid, courses, faculty, and alumni. As a globally recognized educational institution, its online presence serves students, educators, and researchers worldwide.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Oct 27, 2025

Claim posted

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Corroborated · see linked filings

This record's own dates cannot anchor compliance clocks; see the linked filings.

Claim → filing

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Compliance clock

Not assessable

This leak-site claim is one of 2 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source ceiling

  • actor name
  • victim claim
  • ransom/leak status
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • notification
  • affected count
  • confirmed data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.