Victoria’s curriculum authority website hacked during exams
The website of Australia’s Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) was hacked during the VCE exam period, defaced with an attacker’s message, and taken offline. The attacker claimed to have stolen and sold exam papers, but authorities said there was no evidence that exam papers or sensitive information had been leaked. Authorities said they had launched a forensic investigation and that exams would proceed as scheduled.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Website defacement and outage
- Cause / method
- An external attacker hacked the website and posted a message
- Location
- Australia
Timeline
- The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority confirmed the website hack and launched a forensic investigation, saying there was no evidence that exam papers had been accessed.
- Authorities said there was no evidence of an exam paper leak and that VCE exams would proceed as scheduled.
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