The recent cyberattack at Columbia University affected close to 870,000 students, applicants and employees, compromising their Social Security numbers, health information and other sensitive data, according to school officials.

In late June, Columbia students were locked out of their school emails and other platforms as part of a technical outage involving user authentication services. The university launched an investigation and determined that hackers obtained information “related to admissions, enrollment and financial aid processes,” which also included applicant demographic data and academic records.

“Though our investigation is still underway, we have learned more about the nature of the incident and the data involved,” college officials said in a statement.

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