Security · High impactFan score 7 · Tier D
Portal breach at Germany's top university exposes every registered user's password
The Register · By Connor Jones ·
The Brief
- Attackers stole central university login passwords for everyone registered with TUM's myTUM portal.
- An admin's stolen credentials were then used to attack a second system.
- TUM restored access to its TUMonline campus management system.
Why it matters
Anyone with a TUM account should assume their central login password was exposed. Reusing that password elsewhere puts other services at risk.
Who’s affected
- Everyone registered with TUM's myTUM portal
- TUM administrators and users of TUMonline
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Attackers stole central university login passwords belonging to everyone registered with the Technical University of Munich's myTUM portal, including an admin whose credentials were then used to attack a second system. TUM restored access to its TUMonline campus management system…