“We have set out to raise awareness toward the changes made in today’s education, how new laws imposed by politicians affect us, our economy and overall, our way of life,” according to a statement on Team GhostShell’s Pastebin page.

The group claimed to have leaked more than 120,000 records and accounts, which was put on the Pastebin page. Some of the information includes email addresses and names of students and faculty.

Cassella said the information copied from MSU’s database by Team GhostShell was public information on the sites.

There is no information about or links concerning the hacked MSU servers on Team GhostShell’s Pastebin page.

Richard Enbody, an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, said there are smaller servers on campus that any hacker could access.

“Does this indicate your student records are in jeopardy? Probably no,” Enbody said. “(Does this) indicate (there are) servers on campus that very skilled people can get into? Certainly.”

University spokesman Jason Cody said in an email the incident is being investigated in part by MSU police.

As a computer engineering student, junior Nick Mancuso is familiar with the hacking techniques used against MSU’s servers. He said he thinks the incident is not a big deal since no major information was leaked.

“It doesn’t mean security is bad (at MSU),” Mancuso said. “I think it means you need to be careful.”

Cassella said MSU Information Technology is working with the hacked websites’ owners to make sure the sites are secure.

Enbody said there is no system without flaws, including MSU’s servers.

“We don’t expect perfection, what we expect is enough of an effort to make it harder to get in than it’s worth,” Enbody said.