Threat Pulse 62High
University of Copenhagen data breach exposes data of 525,000 people
Severity 4Status unknownreportedEducationCredentials and personal data

The University of Copenhagen in Denmark confirmed that hackers accessed one of its test environments containing personal data belonging to 525,000 people. [...]

What to do: The university announced the cyberattack on Oct 23; BleepingComputer (Oct 26) puts the exposed people at about 525,000, and Mezha and Aarhus University's Omnibus report the same. Approved Oct 27 after checking the second outlets.

· 9 days ago · BleepingComputer
SourcesBleepingComputerHelp Net SecurityBing News: data breachDataBreaches.net
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Machine rubric: impact 3, exploitability 0, critical sector 0, unresolved +1; from BleepingComputer (press, capped until a second source or a person confirms).

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