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breach@govern.co.nz🔒 breach.co.nzThe NZ & Australia breach register · a Govern service
Printed 7 November 2026
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🎓 Education: reported data breaches
Every education breach in the breach.co.nz register, New Zealand and Australia, 2018–2025. Each line is a public record; follow the short link to see the sources.
7records
286K+people affected (disclosed, 4 of 7)
1 · 6NZ · AU
0confirmed by regulator / court
0penalties or court action
Largest by people affected
- Australian National University — 200,000 (approx) · AU · 2018-11
- Deakin University — 46,980 · AU · 2022-07
- University of Sydney — 27,500 (approx) · AU · 2025-12
Suppliers named in these records: ProctorU (1). A supplier appearing here is not a finding against that supplier — see each record.
All 7 records
| Organisation | Breach | People | Data reported | Status | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 University of Sydneybreach.co.nz/breach/au-2025-university-of-sydney | 2025-12 | 27,500 (approx) | 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 | Disclosed | B · Reported |
| 🇳🇿 Competenzbreach.co.nz/breach/nz-2024-te-pukenga-competenz | 2024-06 | Not disclosed | Names, contact details, dates of birth, copies of identity documents | Disclosed | B · Reported |
| 🇦🇺 Western Sydney Universitybreach.co.nz/breach/au-2023-western-sydney-uni | 2023-07 | Not disclosed | 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 | Disclosed | B · Reported |
| 🇦🇺 Queensland University of Technologybreach.co.nz/breach/au-2022-qut | 2022-12 | 11,405 | 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 | Disclosed | B · Reported |
| 🇦🇺 Deakin Universitybreach.co.nz/breach/au-2022-deakin | 2022-07 | 46,980 | Names, student ID numbers, mobile numbers, university email addresses and recent unit results; 9,997 people then received scam SMS messages | Disclosed | B · Reported |
| 🇦🇺 ProctorUbreach.co.nz/breach/au-2020-proctoru | 2020 | Not disclosed | Names, email and home addresses, and hashed | Disclosed | B · Reported |
| 🇦🇺 Australian National Universitybreach.co.nz/breach/au-2019-anu | 2018-11 | 200,000 (approx) | Names, home addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, personal emails, emergency contacts, tax file numbers, passport details, payroll and bank account details | Disclosed | B · Reported |
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Tier A — Confirmed: a regulator or court has acted or published. Tier B — Reported: the organisation’s own disclosure or credible media, awaiting official confirmation. “People affected” is what the organisation or regulator disclosed; “Not disclosed” means no official figure exists, and we don’t estimate. Totals add disclosed figures only and may overlap.
breach.co.nz is an index of public record, not an investigator. Every record is drawn from regulator releases, court material or the organisation’s own disclosure, and links to its source online. Figures reflect what those sources reported; matters before the courts are allegations not yet determined. Check the live record for the latest — this print-out is a snapshot. Corrections: breach@govern.co.nz.