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University of Wollongong

1 Dec 2023 · NSW · Education
Data Breach CRITICAL ✓ Verified

What happened

The University of Wollongong (UOW) issued campus-wide notices confirming a severe perimeter network compromise. Advanced persistent threat (APT) actors penetrated primary student administration directories, targeting student files and academic verification histories.

Incident details

Organisation
University of Wollongong
Date
1 Dec 2023
Attack type
Data Breach
Severity
CRITICAL
Sector
Education
State
NSW
Records affected
Unknown
Threat actor
Unknown

Source

itnews.com.au ↗
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