The AU AP reports:
Students gained early access to an off-limits website though the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) says its system was not hacked.
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“The exposure was limited to an applicant being able to retrieve their own (university) offer prior to the published release time.”
Students only gained early access to their own information, and not other students’ information.
“At this stage, because applicants could only access their own user account, VTAC don’t consider it as a hack,” the VTAC said.
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