Massive cyber attack sees hackers steal half a million pieces of data from Department for Education

Hackers have stolen contact details from the Department for Education (DfE), with more than half a million pieces of data, including phone numbers, taken in the breach

Details of parents and staff, including email addresses and phone numbers, are among data taken by cybercriminals The Department for Education and a police database have been targeted by a cyber-attack, exposing more than 740,000 pieces of data. Details of government officials, senior school leaders, university staff,

The DfE says it is working closely with the National Cyber Security Centre and the National Crime Agency.

Around 607,000 records were reportedly stolen in the attack, including full names, job titles and email addresses

The UK's Department for Education has disclosed a serious data breach orchestrated via a social engineering attack on its external-facing helpdesk.

Sensitive data leaked on dark web after Department for Education hacked  The Times