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A mass email sent Friday to the University of Pennsylvania community called the Ivy League school an “elitist institution” with terrible security practices, according to a copy of the email shared with PennLive. The email, sent on Penn Graduate School of Education (GSE) letterhead, also included expletives and a slur, and said UPenn “love[s] breaking federal laws.” “We hire and admit morons because we love legacies, donors, and unqualified affirmative action admits,” the email reads in part. UPenn confirmed the email stemmed from a security breach originating from the graduate school. “This is obviously a fake, and nothing in the highly offensive, hurtful message reflects the mission or actions of Penn or of Penn GSE,” a university spokesperson said in an email to PennLive. UPenn said its incident response team is investigating the breach. University officials did not immediately answer questions about how many people received the email. The Daily Pennsylvanian, the student-run newspaper, reported the email was sent to students, faculty, alumni, and parents.
