Kido nursery hack leaks children's photos, names and addresses
Nursery chain Kido was hacked and children's photos, names and addresses were stolen. The attackers claimed to have obtained data on 8,000 children, threatened further releases and urged parents to pressure the nurseries into paying a ransom. The attackers later claimed to have deleted the data, and two teenagers were arrested in the UK in connection with the case.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Kido
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Children's photos, names and addresses leaked; 8,000 children according to the attackers
- Cause / method
- Data theft through hacking and ransom demands using threats of publication
- Location
- United Kingdom
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Timeline
- It became known that children's names, photos and addresses had been stolen in the Kido nursery hack.
- The attackers claimed to have stolen data on 8,000 children and threatened to release more profiles.
- Following a backlash, the attackers claimed to have deleted the children's photos and data.
- Two teenagers were arrested in the UK in connection with the cyber-attack on the nursery chain.
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