University of Sydney code repository breach exposes data of 27,000 people
An online code repository at the University of Sydney in Australia has been breached, exposing the personal information of 27,000 people, including staff, students and alumni. The repository held historical personal data files used for testing and other purposes during development. The university disclosed the data leak.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- University of Sydney
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information of 27,000 people
- Cause / method
- Breach of an online code repository
- Location
- Australia
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Timeline
- The leak of student and staff information at the University of Sydney was reported.
- The number affected was reported at 27,000, and it was confirmed that the breached code repository held historical personal data files used for testing.
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