In this episode of "The No-Longer-Hallowed Halls of Academia"...
Hackers reportedly breached the University of Pennsylvania’s computer system on Thursday, promptly firing out a mass email that ripped the Ivy League to shreds in hilarious — yet spot-on — fashion.
The mocking message, verified screenshots of which surfaced on X, accused the school of breaking federal law regarding discriminatory practices, as reported on Friday by The Post Millennial.
The hackers also taunted the university with threats to leak student data, accusing administrators of ignoring federal privacy laws and Supreme Court rulings like Students for Fair Admissions, which struck down race-based affirmative action in college admissions.
The email reads (apologies for strong language):
The University of Pennsylvania is a dogsh*t elitist institution full of woke retards. We have terrible security practices and are completely unmeritocratic. We hire and admit morons because we love legacies, donors, and unqualified affirmative action admits. We love breaking federal laws like FERPA (all your data will be leaked) and Supreme Court rulings like SFFA.
**Strong Language**
BREAKING: It appears that hackers have taken over the University of Pennsylvania computer systems, calling the college a “dogshit elitist institution full of woke retards” and threatening to release evidence of its discriminatory admissions practices. pic.twitter.com/3eNg05t7ZF
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 31, 2025
Welp, where to begin?
Setting aside the reference to dog excrement and the no-longer-proper reference to people of limited intelligence, I don't see where the hackers went wrong — in their message, I mean.
Here's more, via TPM:
The apparent hack comes as the Trump administration has also been cracking down on colleges for using DEI practices in hiring as well as admissions. The Supreme Court ruled that affirmative action was illegal in June 2023, striking them down at Harvard as well as the University of North Carolina.
The email from the apparent hack claimed that data will be leaked, and suggested that it will show that UPenn has been breaking federal laws regarding the affirmative action case. Some alumni of the school were also posting the surprise email to social media.Paula Scanlan, a graduate of the university as well as a former swimmer on the team who had to compete while trans-identified male Lia Thomas was on the swim team said, "Never thought there’d be an email from penn I’d love to receive!" UPenn formally apologized to Scanlan and other swimmers earlier this summer for allowing Thomas to compete as a male against women.
How can you not love that last paragraph?
The repulsive fiasco of so-called "trans" Lia Thomas beating the daylights out of top female swimmers will hopefully live in infamy as the quintessential example of the sickness of "transgenderism" and its shameful impact on female athletics around the world.
ALSO CHECK OUT: Image of Trans Swimmer 'Lia Thomas' Getting Honored With 'Inspiration' Award Pretty Much Says It All
Finally, one X user took a clever shot at UPenn over the apparent failure of its "cybersecurity" — and then some:
Apparently UPenn, birthplace of the first computer, is in need of of some better cybersecurity, hiring, and admission policies.
Nice burn — and well deserved.
Apparently UPenn, birthplace of the first computer, is in need of of some better cybersecurity, hiring, and admission policies. pic.twitter.com/4qEf0YOZFE
— Smells Like Teen Statism (@BlueEightySix) October 31, 2025
As my colleague Brandon Morse wrote in July, under the headline, "Now Is the Time to Leave the Culture of 'Higher Education' Behind," the allure of a college education in America isn't what it used to be — nor should it be:
[T]he value of the university education has tanked significantly. It's the source of a lot of issues we face because it creates negative outcomes too often. It's not paying out what we put into it, and there's also that issue surrounding many of them churning out brain-dead leftists who do things like assault Jewish students, burn, loot, and curse the country they reap so many benefits from being born into.
I'm with Brandon, here. Not in a "Let's Go, Brandon," way, of course.
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