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.