Entire details of over 5K Swinburne University staffers leaked
The information made available was name, email address, and in some cases, a contact phone number
Saturday April 17, 2021 7:39 PM, IANS
Sydney: Australia-based Swinburne University has confirmed that details of more than 5,000 staff and students were inadvertently made available on the Internet.
The information made available was name, email address, and in some cases, a contact phone number.
The University said it was advised last month that this information was available on the Internet.
According to the varsity, their investigation showed that the source of the data was an event registration webpage that is no longer available.
By Justin Hendry on Apr 16, 2021 12:50PM
Seven years of event registrations found online.
Swinburne University has revealed that the details of more than 5000 staff and students were inadvertently made available on the internet.
In a statement on Friday, the university said it was alerted to the data breach last month and had immediately launched an investigation.
The data, which includes names, email addresses and phone numbers, is “event registration information from multiple events from 2013 onwards”.
Around 5,200 staff and 100 students, as well as some external parties, are believed to have been impacted by the data breach.
Swinburne said the investigation had traced the data to “an event registration webpage that is no longer available”.
Details of over 5,000 people exposed in Swinburne uni breach
Details of over 5,000 people exposed in Swinburne uni breach
The exposed data was event registration information from multiple events from 2013 onwards. Credit: Swinburne University
Swinburne University of Technology has revealed it has responded to a data breach that made information about more than 5,000 people available online.
“Last month, Swinburne was advised that some information, such as names, email addresses and phone numbers, of around 5,200 Swinburne staff, 100 Swinburne students and some externals had been inadvertently made available on the internet,” the university said in a statement published on 16 April.
The exposed data was event registration information from multiple events from 2013 onwards, the tertiary institution said.
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Swinburne responds to data breach
Last month, Swinburne was advised that some information, such as names, email addresses and phone numbers, of around 5,200 Swinburne staff, 100 Swinburne students and some externals had been inadvertently made available on the internet. This data was event registration information from multiple events from 2013 onwards.
We took immediate action to investigate and respond to this data breach, including removing the information and conducting an audit across other similar sites.
Our investigation showed that the source of the data was an event registration webpage that is no longer available. The information made available was name, email address and, in some cases, a contact phone number.