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youX (formerly Sydney University Union)

17 Feb 2026 · National · Finance & Insurance
Data Breach HIGH ✓ Verified

What happened

Confirmed 17 Feb 2026. 141GB data vault exfiltrated from a misconfigured, non-password-protected MongoDB Atlas cloud cluster exposed for ~10 months. Leaked details include consumer incomes, outstanding debts, government identity documents, and residential addresses affecting 797 financial broker groups. OAIC and ACSC notified.

Incident details

Organisation
youX (formerly Sydney University Union)
Date
17 Feb 2026
Attack type
Data Breach
Severity
HIGH
Sector
Finance & Insurance
State
National
Records affected
600000
Threat actor
FulcrumSec

Source

cyberdaily.au ↗
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