Australian university failed to secure students' data
Credit:
http://sydney.edu.au/
The detailed records of thousands of University of Sydney students past and present are being stored online where they can be easily downloaded and read via an internet connection.
It is understood the university was told about this security threat in February 2007, but did not move to secure the information.
This website was made aware of the breach after it revealed yesterday the university's website was sabotaged and altered at the weekend by a hacker. Details openly available on the university site include a student's full name, residential address, email address, which courses he/she studied and how much the course cost.
