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Apexward Pulse
Type Incident

Data breach

York University breach exposed personal information dating to 2007

1 source

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 announced it suffered a cybersecurity incident in which a threat actor stole personal information people submitted through online forms.

Read the original reportBleepingComputer(opens in a new tab)

4 reports

Part of York University breach exposed personal information dating to 2007

Pulse

Last change 37m ago · Next recheck 10 Nov 2026, 00:34 UK time

  1. Story9 Nov 2026, 22:34 UK time · 37m ago

    Linked reporting from BleepingComputer (independent original reporting).

    Read source (BleepingComputer)

1 entry so far. The timeline chart appears once this story has more history.

Sources

How we know

Statements extracted from sources. Higher confidence means stronger corroboration.

  • ClaimedHeadline60% confidence

    York University breach exposed personal information dating to 2007

  • ProbableSummary fact75% confidence

    York University has announced it suffered a cybersecurity incident in which a threat actor stole personal information people submitted through online forms.