Documents leaked as schools hit by cyber attack

Highly confidential documents from 14 schools have been leaked online by hackers, the BBC has reported.

The schools were targeted by a hacking group called Vice Society, which has been behind a number attacks on schools across the UK and the USA in recent months.

When data is stolen, Vice Society makes demands for money before leaking the documents if payment is not made.

The BBC reports that it has seen the documents, and that they include children's SEN information, child passport scans, staff pay scales and contract details, stolen in 2022.

One of schools affected was Pates Grammar School in Gloucestershire. Leaked information included one folder marked "passports" contains passport scans for pupils and parents on school trips going back to 2011, whereas another marked "contract" contains contractual offers made to staff alongside teaching documents on muscle contractions.

Another folder marked "confidential" contains documents on the headmaster's pay, and student bursary fund recipients.

A spokesperson for Pates Grammar School said it took the security of its systems and data extremely seriously.

 

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