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Type Incident

Data breach

York University warns of personal data theft in cybersecurity incident

3 sources

At a glance

Low
30-day window, from the last update
Evidence-weighted, not popularity
Why Low

Low rather than Medium: exposure is scored at a default because we cannot see your systems or suppliers. If it touches your systems or suppliers, treat it as Medium.

Briefing

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Questions to ask IT

  • Does this reporting name any supplier, product or service we rely on?
  • Would our monitoring spot an attack like this, and who would we call if it did?

Next steps

  1. Confirm whether the affected organisation is a supplier or partner, and what contingency exists

Summary

  • York University has reported a cybersecurity incident involving the potential theft of personal data from students.
  • A data breach at York University has exposed student personal information according to CyberInsider.

Read the original reportCBC(opens in a new tab)

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Pulse

Last checked 10m ago · Next recheck 15 Nov 2026, 14:33 UK time

Update
14 Nov 2026, 14:33 UK time · 10m ago

3 corroborating sources attached.

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Sources

How we know

Statements extracted from sources. Higher confidence means stronger corroboration.

  • ClaimedHeadline60% confidence

    YORK UNIVERSITY York University warns of personal data theft in cybersecurity incident

  • ProbableSummary fact75% confidence

    York University data breach exposes student personal information CyberInsider