Another phishing breach hasrecently occurred at Australian Catholic University (ACU). ACU announced that it discovered the breach of their systems on May 22, but did not provide an exact time of the attack.
As an ACU spokesperson announced, there were fortunately few cases in which credentials were actually stolen. Unfortunately, on the other hand, the details of those who were stolen were actually used to access emails, calendars and bank account details.
Of course, the university managed to restore the accounts of the individuals who were in fact the phishing victims and immediately contacted the appropriate departments to restore the system to its previous form. These actions also prove the ACU's claims of taking full responsibility for securing personal data and IT systems.
Late last year, the ANU ) was hit by a hack, which was announced earlier this month. The attack, according to the university’s vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt, appeared to involve personal data of staff, students and visitors over the past 19 years. Depending on the information entered into the university’s system, the data that could be leaked includes names, addresses, dates of birth, telephone numbers, personal email addresses and emergency contact details. Tax file numbers, payroll information, bank account details and even passport details could also be stolen. Of course, access to academic records is a given, although less dangerous.
The Australian National University, in its statement, claims that the data was not modified, only copied. Last July, like the ACU, the national university was attacked without the loss of information from students, staff or research information.
