Personal information of thousands of Aussie students accessed in targeted cyberattack
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A targeted cyberattack exposed personal data of thousands of Victorian students, including names and emails. Education officials disabled systems and implemented safeguards to prevent further breaches.
Source: news.com.au
The personal information of thousands of Victorian students has been exposed in a targeted cyberattack, forcing education officials to take drastic measures. Public schools across the Australian state were hit by the breach through a school system, with hackers accessing names, year levels, emails, encrypted passwords and information about what school and years they attended. The Victorian Education Department has been contacted for comment, but a spokesman told media they identified the point of breach and put safeguards in place, as well as temporarily disabled its systems to ensure no further data could be accessed. Full Story