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Major Data Breach Rocks Aussie Schools, Unis
Officials say names, email addresses and school locations were exposed, and early advice suggests more than 200 million people could be affected worldwide.
- On Thursday, Queensland Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek announced a global cybersecurity breach at Instructure affecting more than 200 million people across 9,000 institutions worldwide.
- Instructure confirmed a "criminal third party" accessed user data over the weekend. Chief Information Security Officer Steve Proud stated the company believes it has "contained" the incident, finding no evidence passwords were compromised.
- Queensland state schools, TasTAFE, Flinders University, and the University of Melbourne are among affected Australian institutions. Early advice indicates compromised data includes names, email addresses, and school locations, but not passwords or financial information.
- Langbroek stated his department is providing "priority support" to families known to child safety authorities. School principals are actively contacting families and teachers to inform them of the breach.
- Cybersecurity website BleepingComputer reported that hacking group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach. The group recently claimed responsibility for similar attacks on major software developers including Rockstar, makers of Grand Theft Auto.
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Queensland impacted by global security breach
A cybersecurity breach affecting 200 million people and more than 9000 institutions worldwide has hit students and teachers across Queensland's education sector.Queensland Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek announced the cyber breach involved Instructure, a third-party provider that has delivered the state's Department of Education's online learning platform Qlearn since 2020."This incident has impacted thousands of educational institutions…
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