Major Data Breach at CUHK Affects Over 20,000 Students and Staff

Over 20,000 individuals from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) were impacted by a data breach at one of the institution’s schools in the city that resulted in their personal information being stolen. This is just the latest in a string of data breaches in this city. According to a statement released by the School of Continuing and Professional Studies (CUSCS) on Thursday, the server of an online learning system that the school uses was hacked on June 3. A statement was released by the School of Continuing and Professional Studies (CUSCS) on Thursday notifying us that the server for an online learning system they use has been hacked, as announced by the school. 

There were 20,870 Moodle accounts involved in the study, including employees, part-time tutors, students, graduates and some visitors, who provided names, email addresses and student numbers. As a result of the three unsuccessful login attempts, the college stated that it had deactivated the related account, reset the password, moved the online learning platform away from the responsible server, and strengthened security measures to block the account. 

There was a hacking attack on the school’s name and email address, but an investigation by cybersecurity professionals showed that their information had not been leaked to any public websites or dark websites. It has been reported to the police and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD), the city’s privacy watchdog,

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