Breaches and incidents
Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg: about 51,000 applications likely accessed
The university said it learned of an attack on its IT systems on 14 Oct 2026 and that unauthorized persons may have accessed about 51,000 applications for...
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What happened
- The university said it learned of an attack on its IT systems on 14 Oct 2026 and that unauthorized persons may have accessed about 51,000 applications for summer semester 2026 and winter semester 2026/27 (applicant number, name, address, phone, private email, gender, date and place of birth, course and admission status), plus possibly uploaded application documents; it assumes the data was accessed.
- Root cause: not disclosed.
- No attacker named.
- A crisis team was set up, applicants were informed, authorities were notified and a criminal complaint filed; the university is checking whether data has been published (MDR, 16 Oct).