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Western Sydney University

24 Oct 2025 · NSW · Education
Data Breach CRITICAL ✓ Verified

What happened

Extensive institutional network breach active between June 19 and September 3. WSU disclosed that threat actors maintained persistent access to internal file shares, exfiltrating student and staff passport details, Tax File Numbers (TFNs), corporate payroll archives, and internal health records. OAIC alerted.

Incident details

Organisation
Western Sydney University
Date
24 Oct 2025
Attack type
Data Breach
Severity
CRITICAL
Sector
Education
State
NSW
Records affected
Unknown
Threat actor
Unknown

Source

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