Western Sydney University (WSU) announced two security incidents that exposed personal information belonging to members of its community.
WSU serves a student body of 47,000 and employs over 4,500 permanent and seasonal staff, operating with an annual budget of approximately $600 million.
1. concerns compromise of one of the University’s single sign-on (SSO) systems between January and February 2025. This breach has reportedly led to the unauthorized access of demographic, enrollment, and progression information for approximately 10,000 current and former students.
2. concerns a leak on the dark web of personal information belonging to members of the University’s community. Hackers published the data on Nov 1, 2024 and WSU only became aware of it on Mar 24 2025.