Princeton Is Sued After Phone Phishing Leaks Alumni Data (1)

Princeton University was hit with two proposed class actions after an alumni engagement office failed to initially stop a phone phishing attack that ultimately compromised a database.

The breached database included “biographical information pertaining to University fundraising and alumni engagement activities” but not, the school thinks, Social Security numbers or bank account information, Princeton said. David Ramirez and Henggao Cai separately sued in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey Tuesday, saying the university’s data security measures were lacking.

The plaintiffs each seek to represent a class of those impacted by the breach. Princeton said Tuesday ...