Western Sydney University data breach exposed student data

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Western Sydney University data breach exposed student data

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Western Sydney University (WSU) has notified students and academic staff about a data breach after threat actors breached its Microsoft 365 and Sharepoint environment.

WSU is an educational institute in Australia offering a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programs across various disciplines. It has 47,000 students and over 4,500 regular and seasonal staff, and it operates on a budget of $600 million (USD).

In an announcement posted on the Western Sydney University website today, the University warned that hackers had accessed its Microsoft Office 365 environment, including email accounts and SharePoint files.
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Western Sydney University data breach exposed student data
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