Nicole Wootton-Cane reports: At least 320,000 school files stolen during a cyber attack on Bristol City Council’s servers have been found posted to the dark web. Hackers targeted the council’s Trading with Schools platform and accessed data from 39 schools across the region in September. The council said specialist investigations have now identified a “significant...
Hackers steal 320,000 UK school files and publish them on dark web
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