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Staff want compensation after summer cyber-attack

Schools warned incident could increase risk of phishing, fraud and identity theft for impacted employees

School staff personal data potentially ‘compromised’ in Intradev cyber attack

Data breach reported by IT firm Intradev may have affected data held by School Central Record, which includes addresses and passport numbers

Cybersecurity in Education: Building Trust and Integrity

Schools, academies, colleges and, universities in particular, are expected to provide state-of-the-art facilities, blending advanced technology with academic excellence in a secure and trustworthy environment. The cost of delivering this promise is more than just an upfront investment in IT; educational authorities need to future proof against oncoming sophisticated cyber-attacks.

Ofqual issues cyber warning over coursework as 1 in 3 secondaries hit

Scores of coursework could be lost from ‘weak’ security, as many teachers went without tech training last year, regulator warns

Exam paper cyber attack investigation hits dead end

Two arrested stood down from bail as ‘no further evidence’

Teenager arrested in exam board cyber attack investigation

Police confirm 16-year-old boy has been arrested and bailed until later this year

AQA also hit by exam paper cyber attack

Surrey Police investigating fraud and computer misuse allegation at England’s largest exam board

DfE launches cyber security scorecard for schools

Schools will be able to access a new cyber security tool for free from tomorrow which measures the robustness of their online security measures – before a full rollout in January. The tool comes after the education sector was subjected to a number of high-profile cyber attacks during the pandemic which resulted in lost financial […]