The School of Continuing and Professional Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUSCS) fell victim to hackers in June, affecting about 20,870 Moodle users. CUSCS said Thursday the Moodle online learning platform has been hacked on June 3. The information involved included the names, email addresses and student numbers of 20,870 Moodle accounts, including employees, part-time tutors, students, graduates and some visitors. The college has also established a crisis management team composed of the dean, deputy dean, information technology services director, administrative director and communications and public relations director to assess the risks. The information technology security consultant appointed by the college has immediately conducted an investigation and found no large amount of data leaked, and the relevant information did not appear on the dark web.

Source: The Standard June 14, 2024 02:38 UTC