Swinburne University confirms over 5,000 individuals affected in data breach

From zdnet.com

Swinburne University of Technology has confirmed personal information on staff, students, and external parties had inadvertently made its way into the wild.

It said it was advised last month that information of around 5,200 Swinburne staff and 100 Swinburne students was available on the internet.

This data, Swinburne said, was event registration information from multiple events from 2013 onwards. The event registration webpage is no longer available.

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