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7 records in the education sector across New Zealand and Australia.

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University of Sydney
🇦🇺 Sydney, NSW · breach 2025-12
● Disclosed
People affected
27,500 (approx)
Data taken
Current and former staff and affiliates: names, dates of birth, phone numbers, home addresses, job titles and employment dates, Alumni and students from 2010–2019 datasets
Regulator
NSW Privacy Commissioner (IPC NSW) (notified); ACSC, TEQSA and National Student Ombudsman also notified
Trust tier
Reported
Source: The University of Sydney · View record →
Competenz
🇳🇿 New Zealand · breach 2024-06
● Disclosed
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Names, contact details, dates of birth, copies of identity documents (passports, birth certificates, driver licences, citizenship/residence/visa documents) and financial information including card and bank account numbers
Regulator
NZ Privacy Commissioner and NCSC (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
Source: Competenz · View record →
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Western Sydney University
🇦🇺 Sydney, NSW · breach 2023-07
● Disclosed
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Contact details, date of birth, student/staff ID, nationality/citizenship, gender, ethnicity, employment/payroll information, bank account details, tax file numbers, driver licence/passport details, visa information, complaint, health/disability and legal information (per the Oct 2025 statement)
Regulator
IPC NSW (notified)
Trust tier
Reported
Source: Western Sydney University · View record →
Queensland University of Technology
🇦🇺 Brisbane, QLD · breach 2022-12
● Disclosed
People affected
11,405
Data taken
Personal information in files on an internal storage drive, including bank account numbers and, for 3,820 people, tax file numbers; affected people were mostly current and former staff. QUT said its HR, student and financial systems were not accessed
Regulator
Relevant Queensland and federal authorities notified
Trust tier
Reported
Source: Queensland University of Technology · View record →
Deakin University
🇦🇺 Victoria · breach 2022-07
● Disclosed
People affected
46,980
Data taken
Names, student ID numbers, mobile numbers, university email addresses and recent unit results; 9,997 people then received scam SMS messages
Regulator
OVIC (Deakin said it would notify)
Trust tier
Reported
Source: iTnews · View record →
ProctorU
🇦🇺 Australian universities (US-based global platform) · breach 2020
● Disclosed
People affected
Not disclosed
Data taken
Names, email and home addresses, and hashed (bcrypt) passwords
Regulator
None reported
Trust tier
Reported
Source: Honi Soit · View record →
Australian National University
🇦🇺 Canberra, ACT · breach 2018-11
● Disclosed
People affected
200,000 (approx)
Data taken
Names, home addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, personal emails, emergency contacts, tax file numbers, passport details, payroll and bank account details (per ANU's June 2019 disclosure as reported); credit card, medical and research data not affected
Regulator
None reported (public incident report)
Trust tier
Reported
Source: Australian National University · View record →
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