Australian Catholic University

Australian Catholic University suffered a data breach which impacted the personal details of its staff.

The threat actors involved in the attack sent phishing emails pretending to be from a trusted organization.

This had enabled the hackers to steal the email accounts, calendars and bank account details of staff members.

In a very small number of cases, staff login credentials were obtained successfully via the phishing email and were used to access the email accounts, calendars and bank account details of affected staff members.

Source: https://cyware.com/news/australian-catholic-university-suffers-data-breach-impacting-the-personal-details-of-its-staff-9c97875a

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/australian-catholic-university

"id": "aus2526323",
"linkid": "australian-catholic-university",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "06/2019",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Australia',
                        'name': 'Australian Catholic University',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
 'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Email Accounts',
                                              'Calendars',
                                              'Bank Account Details']},
 'description': 'Australian Catholic University suffered a data breach which '
                'impacted the personal details of its staff. The threat actors '
                'involved in the attack sent phishing emails pretending to be '
                'from a trusted organization. This had enabled the hackers to '
                'steal the email accounts, calendars and bank account details '
                'of staff members. In a very small number of cases, staff '
                'login credentials were obtained successfully via the phishing '
                'email and were used to access the email accounts, calendars '
                'and bank account details of affected staff members.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Email Accounts',
                                 'Calendars',
                                 'Bank Account Details']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Phishing Emails'},
 'motivation': 'Data Theft',
 'title': 'Australian Catholic University Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Email Accounts'}