Security News > 2023 > September > University of Sydney data breach impacts recent applicants
The University of Sydney announced that a breach at a third-party service provider exposed personal information of recently applied and enrolled international applicants.
In the data breach announcement, the university says that incident had a limited impact and the preliminary investigation found no evidence that local students, staff, or alumni have been impacted.
"The issue was isolated to a single platform and had no impact on other University systems. There is currently no evidence that any personal information has been misused" - University of Sydney.
The university says that impacted impacted will be contacted and receive the required support to mitigate the risk of exposure.
In June, the University of Manchester suffered a data breach where hackers stole an undefined amount of data from its networks.
Further back in 2023, ransomware gangs attacked and disrupted the operations of the Queensland University of Technology, the Open University of Cyprus, and the Bluefield University.
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