More than 153,000 students, staff affected in Canvas data breach: privacy watchdog
More than 153,000 students and staff from four tertiary institutions in Hong Kong have been affected by a data breach on the online learning management platform Canvas, an investigation by the city’s privacy watchdog has found. Nearly four months after the data breach was discovered, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) said on Thursday that the incident stemmed from…
More than 153,000 students and staff from four tertiary institutions in Hong Kong were affected by a data breach on the online learning management platform Canvas, according to an investigation by the city’s privacy watchdog. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) found that the incident was caused by vulnerabilities in a third-party platform, though it did not impact the internal systems of the institutions.
The majority of the affected individuals, 96%, were from City University of Hong Kong (CityU), with around 34,000 active accounts used by staff and students compromised. The leaked personal information mainly included names, email addresses, usernames, student IDs, course enrolment information, login IDs, and messages sent by users.
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong Institute of Construction, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology also experienced data breaches, with 4,584, 2,333, and an unspecified number of affected individuals, respectively.
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