University of Canberra

The University of Canberra accidentally sent the personal details of every employee, including their birth date, classification, average hours and salary to some of its staff.

It was an “administrative error” that led to 24 employees receiving the email with searchable data on all their colleagues attached.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/university-of-canberra-accidentally-sends-24-staff-details-of-every-employee/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/university-of-canberra

"id": "uni235731122",
"linkid": "university-of-canberra",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "02/2018",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Canberra, Australia',
                        'name': 'University of Canberra',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Administrative Error',
 'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Details',
                                              'Birth Date',
                                              'Classification',
                                              'Average Hours',
                                              'Salary']},
 'description': 'The University of Canberra accidentally sent the personal '
                'details of every employee, including their birth date, '
                'classification, average hours, and salary to some of its '
                'staff.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal Details',
                                 'Birth Date',
                                 'Classification',
                                 'Average Hours',
                                 'Salary']},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Administrative Error'},
 'title': 'Data Leak at University of Canberra',
 'type': 'Data Leak'}