UPenn investigating security breach after vulgar emails seemingly sent from school account

The Brief

The University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education appeared to have been hacked on Friday, after offensive emails were sent from an account seemingly linked to the school.

One email referred to the university as a "dogs--- elitist institution," and claimed student info would be leaked.

The university said it's aware and investigating the emails.

The University of Pennsylvania 's email system appears to have been hacked , after offensive emails seemingly originating from the school were sent on Friday.

What we know:

The email sent Friday addresses the "Penn community," under what appears to be the letterhead of the university's Graduate School of Education.

The message referred to the university in part as a "dogs--- elitist institution," and called universit