A higher education institution in Victoria, Australia, has disclosed a data breach impacting the personal data of around 90,000 staff, students, and suppliers.
An individual who attended the campus in late 2018 had obtained unauthorized access to Melbourne Polytechnic’s computer systems by hard logging onto the network.
Compromised information including email addresses, passwords, and financial and health information.
For a smaller number of people, financial information such as banking and credit card details, passport and drivers licence numbers and some confidential health details had been accessed.
"id": "MEL2312221222",
"linkid": "melbourne-polytechnic",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "03/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
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