Western Sydney University has admitted large amounts of personal data, including bank details, passport details and students' visa information was exposed in recent data breaches .

In a statement to staff and students seen by 9news.com.au , university Vice Chancellor and President George Williams confirmed data stolen through an external system between June 19 and September 3 was behind two data breaches in August and earlier this month.

The first incident saw the data of around 10,000 former and current students released on the dark web, with the incident on October 7 seeing fraudulent emails sent to students and alumni claiming their degrees or ability to study at the university had been "revoked".

The university has confirmed stolen data was used to send the f

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