More than 900 colleges and universities use Slate, owned by Technolutions, to collect and manage applications data. Three colleges were affected by the breach: Oberlin College in Ohio, Grinnell College in Iowa, and Hamilton College in New York. Prospective students were sent emails promising access to confidential information, including comments from admissions officers and tentative acceptance decisions, upon payment of a Bitcoin. Later emails offered limited subsets of student files for $60. Oberlin advised students not to pay the attackers and said they are working with law enforcement on the case.”]