Victoria’s privacy watchdog has launched a formal investigation into a major data breach potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of current and former public school students.
The Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner (OVIC) issued a brief statement on Thursday confirming the probe, just days after the state Opposition called for an “immediate investigation”.
All 1,700 state schools were affected after an “external third-party” accessed a government database containing the sensitive …
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