Western Sydney University discloses security breaches, data leak

Western Sydney University discloses security breaches, data leak

Western Sydney University (WSU) announced two security incidents that exposed personal information belonging to members of its community. [...]

Uni hacked, data from 10k students stolen

Personal information has been stolen from a major Australian university again and posted on the dark web.

Major uni hacked, again

The details of more than 10,000 students have been stolen from one of Australia’s largest universities.

Editorial: NYU is failing to protect the safety of its applicants

While students were enjoying their spring break, a hacker took over NYU’s homepage for more than two hours, leaking the names, hometowns, GPAs, test scores as well as personal information related to family members and citizenship status of over 3 million applicants — dating back to at least 1978 across all schools. The hacker also displayed three charts with what they claimed to be the university’s average admitted SAT scores, ACT scores and GPA…

Western Sydney University SSO System Breached - Cybernoz - Cybersecurity News

Western Sydney University has experienced its fourth cyber incident in two years, this time affecting the data of 10,000 current and former students after an unspecified “single sign-on system” was breached. The university said in a statement that “unauthorised access” to the single sign-on system was gained in January and February of this year. “Demographic, enrolment and progression information” of “approximately 10,000 current and former stu…

Western Sydney University Exposes 10,000 Students in Repeated Data Breach Failure

Western Sydney University has once again failed to secure its digital infrastructure. In its latest breach, hackers accessed personal data from more than 10,000 students through a vulnerability in the university’s single sign-on system. The attack occurred in January and February 2025, but the university delayed public acknowledgment until April.This isn’t an isolated incident. Between mid-2023 and March 2024, attackers exfiltrated 580 terabytes…