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@sortius@infosec.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Uhoh, there's been an exfil of data from the VIC Department of Education.

"What has been accessed

A Department of Education database with current and past student information was accessed by an external third-party.

The third-party accessed active and inactive past school student accounts, consisting of:

· student name

· school-issued email address and encrypted password (for those that use them)

· school name

· year level

The third-party did not access other student data such as birth dates, home addresses or phone numbers."

#SpringSt

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Joel Michael
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@jpm@aus.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@sortius oh great. Wonder if this includes private schools too, or only public schools?

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@sortius@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@jpm I'm guessing it's everything, keep an eye on your inbox

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sortius :Fire_Bisexual:
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@sortius@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

@jpm and now an article on it is live, but doesn't give any further details really: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-14/student-data-breach-victorian-education-department/106230114

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Hackers access student emails, passwords in major school data breach

Hackers have accessed the emails, passwords and names of past and present students from all Victorian government schools in a major data breach.
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