Overview

• Mass emails to current and former students falsely claimed permanent exclusion from study and the revocation of qualifications.
• Western Sydney University confirmed the messages were not issued by the institution and referred the matter to NSW Police.
• An advisory from Vice-Chancellor George Williams urged recipients to avoid replying or opening links and to use official channels for verification.
• Some messages appeared to come from internal-style addresses and included names and student ID numbers, according to recipients’ reports.
• A separate email purporting to be from a parking account alleged longstanding security weaknesses; the scope of the campaign and any data access remain unclear against a backdrop of earlier WSU cyber incidents.