Thousands of pupils’ personal data at risk in website hack (UK)

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3295784/thousands-of-pupils-personal-data-at-risk-in-website-hack/

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found a school in
Hampshire in breach of the Data Protection Act (DPA) after the
personal details of nearly 20,000 people were put at risk when the
school’s website was hacked.

According to an undertaking signed by Bay House School, computer
hackers, including at least one of its own pupils, accessed the
school’s internal information management system via an attack on the
school’s remotely-hosted website.
...
As a result, the personal details of 20,000 individuals, including
teachers, parents and around 7,600 pupils risked being exposed online.
The data included names, addresses, photographs and some sensitive
medical history information.
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