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St James' Anglican School

16 Sep 2026 · WA · Education
Data Breach HIGH ✓ Verified

What happened

Perth-based independent institution St James' Anglican School, located in Alkimos, formally confirmed a major cybersecurity breach after hackers gained unauthorized access to internal network servers. The exfiltrated dataset contained over 10 years of sensitive records dating back to 2015, including student medical histories, psychological reports, photographs, parental bank account details, and confidential administrative files. School leadership issued direct notifications to current and past families, engaged external cybersecurity forensic specialists to secure network infrastructure, and reported the incident to the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) and relevant privacy regulators.

Incident details

Organisation
St James' Anglican School
Date
16 Sep 2026
Attack type
Data Breach
Severity
HIGH
Sector
Education
State
WA
Records affected
Unknown
Threat actor
Unknown

Source

news.com.au ↗
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