Mobile Guardian security breach wipes 13,000 student devices
SpilloverSpillover from the Mobile Guardian incident · View original incident →A global security breach at Mobile Guardian wiped data from 13,000 student devices. Singapore's Ministry of Education decided to remove the Mobile Guardian app from all student devices. It later took legal action against the contractor, and a replacement app was expected to be introduced by January 2025.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Ministry of Education (Singapore)
- Original incident
- Mobile Guardian hack wipes more than 13,000 phones
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Data wiped from 13,000 student devices
- Cause / method
- Mobile Guardian security breach
- Location
- Singapore
Timeline
- Singapore's Ministry of Education decided to remove the Mobile Guardian app from all student devices following a global security breach.
- It was reported that the security breach had wiped data from 13,000 student devices.
- Singapore's Ministry of Education took legal action against the contractor, and a replacement app was expected to be introduced by January 2025.
Original incident
This is spillover from the Mobile Guardian incident.
Mobile Guardian hack wipes more than 13,000 phones
Impact: More than 13,000 phones wiped
Device management service Mobile Guardian was hit by a cyber-attack that wiped more than 13,000 phones. It also emerged that a student had raised security concerns about Mobile Guardian's device management system weeks before the attack.
Related reports: 3 · last report →
4 related reports
- MOE to remove Mobile Guardian app from all students’ devices after global cyber-security breach
- Students scramble after security breach wipes 13,000 devices
- MOE takes legal action against contractors over Mobile Guardian cybersecurity breach
- Mobile Guardian breaches: MOE takes legal action against contractors; new app expected by Jan 2025
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