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Email phishing attack at Australian Catholic University reveals employee details

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On June 17, 2019, Australian Catholic University (ACU) revealed that personal details of its employees were breached in an email phishing attack. The exposed information included names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, personal email addresses, emergency contact details, tax file numbers, payroll information, bank account details, and passport details. The number of affected accounts is still unknown.

What happened.

A phishing email sent to ACU employees contained a link to a fake ACU login page that allowed attackers to harvest employee credentials. Once the incident was discovered, ACU immediately notified the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), and the Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network (ACORN).

ACU also notified the affected individuals of the breach and enforced password resets. Apart from implementing additional security measures, ACU has also taken steps to educate the employees on cybersecurity. Earlier this month, the Australian National University suffered a similar data breach where 19 years of data was accessed.

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