University of Western Australia suffers major data breach, staff and students locked out

One of Australia’s major universities has suffered a data breach, with the password information of thousands of staff and students exposed.

The University of WA (UWA) confirmed it was investigating a cybersecurity incident on Saturday night, which involved unauthorised access of password information.

After detecting the breach, UWA locked staff and students out of the system and urged people to change their passwords.

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