from www.scmagazineuk.com
Greenwich University has been fined £120,000 after a security breach at the university resulted in the leak of 19,500 students’ data to the internet, according to Signavio. Greenwich University has been fined £120,000 after a security breach at the university resulted in the leak of 19,500 students’ data to the internet, according to Signavio. This data included names, addresses, date of birth, phone numbers, signatures and in some cases, physical and mental health problems. The breach was caused by a former student of the university who breached a critical server and uploaded all of the student’s data to the dark web. Under the Data Protection Act of 1998 Greenwich University is the first university to receive a fine and the Information Commissioner called it “serious”.
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