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The Australian Cyber Security Centre is assisting the university’s Western Australia campus in its investigation of the incident.
After revealing to ABC News in Western Australia that it may have suffered some form of cyber incident impacting its multifactor authentication service last week, the University of Notre Dame Australia has confirmed its Western Australia campus is investigating a possible cyber attack.
“The University of Notre Dame Australia is investigating a cyber incident,” a university spokesperson said in a statement.
“We are taking this incident seriously and working as a priority to ensure the security of our systems.
“We have reported the incident to the Australian Cyber Security Centre and relevant government agencies and are working closely with them as part of our response. As this is an ongoing investigation, we can not comment further on the incident.”
The spokesperson added that enrolments were unaffected and that February’s usual orientation program will proceed as usual.
“Our staff and students are our top priority, and we are working to minimise any disruptions to our community,” the spokesperson said.
“We thank our staff, students and community for their patience and support during this time and will provide them with further updates as our response and investigation progress.”
In a letter sent to students last week, the university said it had employed “external cyber security experts” to assist in the investigation.
Other than that the incident was first reported on 28 January, little else is known about the incident and what data may be impacted. So far, Cyber Daily has not observed any threat actor coming forward to claim responsibility for the hack.
David Hollingworth has been writing about technology for over 20 years, and has worked for a range of print and online titles in his career. He is enjoying getting to grips with cyber security, especially when it lets him talk about Lego.
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