Western Sydney University discloses security breaches, data leak

Western Sydney University (WSU) announced two security incidents that exposed personal information belonging to members of its community. WSU is a prominent Australian institution offering various undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programs across multiple disciplines. It serves a student body of 47,000 and employs over 4,500 permanent and seasonal staff, operating with an annual budget of approximately $600 million. One of the incidents disclosed concerns the compromise of one of the University’s single sign-on (SSO) systems between January and February 2025. This breach has reportedly led to the unauthorized access of demographic, enrollment, and progression information for approximately 10,000 current and former students. The university states that it took immediate action to block the attacker once it became aware of the breach, and investigations into the incident are ongoing. The second cybersecurity incident concerns a leak on the dark web of personal information be ... Read full article.