Department of Education and Training NSW

Department of Education and Training NSW

Data Breach

education.nsw.gov.au

2,900

Records Exposed

Jul 2024

Date of Breach

Database

Breach Type

Dec 2025

Added to Database

About This Breach

In July 2024, the old official online portal for the New South Wales Government Department of Education and Training suffered a data breach affecting around 99,000 records. The exposed information included close to 3000 unique email addresses, full names, and bcrypt hashed passwords. The dataset was later posted on a Telegram channel.

Compromised Data Types

Email Address Password Hash First Name Last Name

Country

Australia

Language

English

Password Storage

bcrypt

Category

Government, Education

Indexed On

Dec 17, 2025

Breach Type

Database

What Should You Do?

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  • Change your password immediately on Department of Education and Training NSW and any other site where you used the same password. Use a unique, strong password for each account.
  • Watch for phishing emails targeting your inbox. Attackers may use your exposed email address to send convincing scam messages.
  • Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on all important accounts to add an extra layer of security.
  • Use a password manager to generate and store unique, strong passwords for every account.

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