Inquiry launched into data breach at CIT

A data breach by Cork Institute of Technology that lead to applicants for a course being given personal details and the marks of 136 other applicants instead of just their own result is being investigated by the Data Protection Commission.

Prospective students for the Bachelor of Arts course must include a portfolio of their work as part of the application process, and it is assessed and marked out of 600.

The names and addresses of each of the 137, who had been successful and selected to go to the next stage of the process, were also part of the email that was sent to all of 137 applicants.