Incidents last year included one in which an abusive stranger entered an online Google Classroom session and attempted to engage in what was described as concerning sexual behaviour.
iTWire Saturday, 17 April 2021 07:10 Swinburne says staff, student data has been leaking since 2013 Featured Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
Melbourne s Swinburne University of Technology has taken a month to issue information about the leaking on the Internet of personal data over seven years.
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a statement issued on Friday, Swinburne said it had been advised in March about the leak of data which it said was event registration information from 2013 onwards.
Names, email addresses and phone numbers of about 5200 of its staff, 100 students and what it called some externals roughly 200 other people were exposed on the Internet.
In 2019, the Canberra-based Australian National University suffered
Swinburne University s data breach hits over 5,000 individuals
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Sydney, April 17 : Australia-based Swinburne University has confirmed that details of more than 5,000 staff and students were inadvertently made available on the Internet.
The information made available was name, email address, and in some cases, a contact phone number.
The University said it was advised last month that this information was available on the Internet.
According to the varsity, their investigation showed that the source of the data was an event registration webpage that is no longer available. We took immediate action to investigate and respond to this data breach, including removing the information and conducting an audit, across other similar sites, said the varsity in a statement.
Entire details of over 5K Swinburne University staffers leaked
The information made available was name, email address, and in some cases, a contact phone number
Saturday April 17, 2021 7:39 PM, IANS
Sydney: Australia-based Swinburne University has confirmed that details of more than 5,000 staff and students were inadvertently made available on the Internet.
The information made available was name, email address, and in some cases, a contact phone number.
The University said it was advised last month that this information was available on the Internet.
According to the varsity, their investigation showed that the source of the data was an event registration webpage that is no longer available.
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When Zack met Alex Jones he saw him as a fellow car nut. The truth was something far more sinister.
It was a cool Saturday night in late autumn when Zack first met Alex Jones.
Zack was smoking cigarettes at Flinders Street Station when Jones asked him for a light.
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Jones was 30 years old.
Zack was 13.
A person sits on the steps under the clocks of Flinders Street Station.