{"id":96637,"date":"2019-03-25T12:59:44","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T11:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=96637"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:30:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:30:48","slug":"no-student-and-staff-data-compromised-by-elsevier-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/03\/25\/no-student-and-staff-data-compromised-by-elsevier-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"No student and staff data compromised by Elsevier breach"},"content":{"rendered":"

The students and staff members of EUR have not been affected by the recent data breach at academic publisher Elsevier. This was announced on Friday by Erasmus University\u2019s data protection officer Marlon Domingus.<\/p>\n

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The log-in details of university staff members were temporarily available for everyone to view on one of Elsevier\u2019s servers. It is still unclear how many accounts have been affected by this breach and how long the log-in details stayed up. On Monday, Elsevier announced that the issue had since been resolved.<\/p>\n

In response to the reports<\/a>, Domingus examined whether any log-in information of EUR staff members and students had been accessible to third parties during the breach. This turned out not to be the case. As a rule, the University Library does not share any personal data with Elsevier.<\/p>\n\n\t

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