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Oxford University Exposes Student Data in Career Website Breach

Oxford University recently suffered a data breach on its career support website, exposing sensitive student information, including full names, email addresses, and encrypted passwords. This incident marks the university's second disclosed data breach of the year, raising concerns about the security of third-party platforms.

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University career services area with students and laptop.

Oxford Uni Student Data Breached Through Career Platform

Oxford University student data has been breached once again, this time through a career platform compromise, leaving records exposed. The incident is a separate attack from a break-in that occurred just last month.

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Blurred student data on a laptop screen in a brightly-lit school setting.

Ransomware Gang Targets Canvas, Exposes Student Data Risks

A ransomware gang claimed to have stolen data from 275 million students, teachers, and staff, but Instructure, the company behind Canvas, says it's reached a deal with the hackers and has digital proof that the data has been destroyed. But can we really trust that the threat has passed?

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