The Moody Bible Institute was targeted by hackers late last month, with an estimated 2.3 million people associated with the seminary being affected.
MBI, which was founded by Evangelist D.L. Moody in 1886 but has since collapsed on issues of inerrancy and fallen prey to cultural progressivism, says it is investigating the breach after the web extortion site ‘ShinyHunters’ stole 23GB of confidential information from the Chicago-based school. According to a press release:
“The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago is aware of a claim of data breach in our system. We have engaged with our cyber security experts to investigate the validity and/or impact of this claim. We will provide more information as they become available.”
ShinyHunters is a ‘pay or leak’ site that warns victims “Don’t be the next headline.” After Moody refused to pay, they leaked the data on the dark web, it including “names, physical addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and other information relating to donors, supporters, students, and alumni.
Online security news site CyberInsider reveals:
“Based on information gathered from their dark web leak site, the group claims to have obtained approximately 23 GB of data comprising roughly 1,300 files and “tens of millions of records.”
The threat actor alleges the exposed information spans multiple institutional systems, including enrollment, donor relations, payroll, and communications platforms. The post specifically references data allegedly sourced from systems and databases including MBI, EDC, Salesforce leads, PeopleSoft communications records, Horizon SIS, WHPD donor databases, and Cadence admissions systems.”
Moody has not shared any more information or updates since their data was exposed and released.
