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University of Copenhagen says hackers hit test system, 525,000 records
BleepingComputer reported that the University of Copenhagen said hackers accessed a test environment holding personal data of about 525,000 people and later that PIN codes for 20,000 staff and students were exposed.
The University of Copenhagen said hackers gained access to a test environment that held personal data belonging to about 525,000 people, BleepingComputer reported on Monday1.
BleepingComputer said the university detected the breach last Tuesday and disclosed it on Friday1. In an update the day before the report, the university said PIN codes for another 20,000 staff and students had been exposed1.
"The University of Copenhagen has confirmed a cyber attack in which hackers gained access to one of the university's test environments," the university said, according to BleepingComputer1.
The university, founded in 1479, has about 36,800 students and 10,700 employees, BleepingComputer said1. It is still investigating the scope of the incident1.
Information that may have been exposed includes full names, Danish national identity numbers (CPR), phone numbers and email addresses, BleepingComputer reported, citing the university1. That mix raises phishing and social-engineering risk, the outlet said1.
After the PIN-code exposure, the university restricted physical access to some critical campus locations and is reopening them as it issues new codes, BleepingComputer said1.
The university said it contained the attack and blocked the attacker's access, with no indication that systems supporting daily operations were reached or that university activities were disrupted1.
It reported the incident to the Danish Data Protection Agency and said the matter falls under Europe's General Data Protection Regulation, BleepingComputer reported1. Students and staff whose data may have been exposed were told to treat unsolicited messages with caution1. The university said it would provide further updates as its investigation allows1.
