A Maidstone secondary school, St Augustine Academy, has become the latest victim of a series of cyber-attacks on UK schools. The school’s headteacher revealed that the institution’s email system and telephone lines were down and data encrypted due to an attack by an external criminal organisation. Parents have been advised to be vigilant, with the possibility of their data being compromised. The attack is one of many impacting UK schools at the start of the new school year.
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