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The New South Wales Department of Education has on Thursday revealed it fell victim to a cybersecurity attack. In a statement, the department said a number of its internal systems were deactivated ...

A data stuff-up has resulted in the biometric data of NSW school students being collected by Microsoft Teams – with the Education Department not realising the issue “for weeks”.

Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) department of education was hit by a cyber attack last Thursday, days before remote learning commenced in the new school term this week. NSW Education Secretary ...

“Thankfully, our teams have been able to isolate the issues and we are working to reactivate services as soon as possible.” Harrisson said Department of Education and Cyber Security NSW teams ...

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The NSW Department of Education has suffered a cyber attack just days before the school term resumes and students in Greater Sydney are forced to rely on remote learning. The department said in a ...

The attack has plunged the department’s systems into darkness for 21 hours, leaving teachers and principals without access to their email, coronavirus guidelines or online learning materials.

NSW Education Secretary Georgina Harrisson said the focus was on ensuring the safety and security of its student and staff data which forced the decision to take some of its systems offline.

NSW Teachers Federation president Angelo Gavrielatos said the incident had a profound impact on teachers. “This has caused a state of paralysis across the NSW education sector,” he said.