The university warns an “unauthorised person” has the contact details of 46 980 past and present students

Managements states that it learnt last Sunday a staff member’s username and password were hacked and used to access the email addresses of nearly 10 000 students held by a third party, retained to send SMS messages.  These students received a text asking for credit card details to collect a package.

However the records of nearly  47 000 people are also compromised including names, Deakin IDs, mobile numbers, email addresses and “special comments,” including “recent unit results.”

The university urges victims to “reach out for help” and commits to “specific support and referral services.”