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University of East Anglia

University of East Anglia Data Breach (2017)

University of East Anglia

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Disclosed

November 5, 2017

3064 days ago

Records

1

Confirmed

Root Cause

Human Error

Industry

Education

Description

An email was sent during the afternoon of Sunday, November 5, to around 300 postgraduate research students in the social science faculty, one of the UEA’s four teaching departments, containing personal information about a member of staff. The breach occurred due to the accidental use of an email distribution list, the same as the data leak in June, which affected hundreds of American Studies students.