The Victorian Education Department experienced a data breach after accidentally posting private and sensitive information on children who were homeschooled on their website.
The contact information of certain parents as well as information identifying pupils who experienced medical issues and personal traumas like bullying at school were made public.
The Department investigated the incident and took immediate action to take the submissions down.
"id": "DEP115528822",
"linkid": "detvic",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "04/2017",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"