US EditionWoman charged over Sydney university cyber attacks
- A 27-year-old former student was charged on Wednesday with 20 offences linked to a series of hacking incidents targeting Western Sydney University, following a police raid at her residence in Kingswood.
- The charges stem from investigations under Strike Force Docker into cyber attacks that began in 2021 involving unauthorised access and data misuse at the university.
- Police allege the woman initially exploited university systems to get unauthorised discounted parking and later altered academic results and threatened to sell stolen student data on the dark web.
- Personal information—including financial account information, tax identification numbers, and other private data—of over 7,500 individuals was compromised in the breach, and the woman involved was denied bail and is due to appear at Penrith Local Court today.
- The case highlights ongoing risks of university cyber attacks, with police and cyber experts continuing investigations while the woman faces multiple serious charges involving data offences and deception.
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