Teen Students Responsible for Majority of School Hacks

Teen students responsible for majority of school hacks

: UK data watchdog says students behind most education cyberattacks

Pupils hacking their own schools for fun, watchdog warns

Pupils themselves are responsible for over half of school insider cyber attacks

Kids in the UK are hacking their own schools for dares and notoriety

Kids are making a mark in the U.K.'s cybersecurity arena, and not in the way their parents want them to.

Children hacking their own schools for 'fun', watchdog warns

The Information Commissioner's Office says schools face an "insider threat" from children as young as seven.

Student Insider Threats Driving Surge In UK School Data Breaches

Over half of insider cyber incidents in UK schools are being caused by students—a trend raising alarms across education, regulation, and cybersecurity communities. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), Britain’s data protection regulator, has uncovered a pattern of misuse of login credentials, weak password practices and misconfigured systems, in the last two years. According to the ICO’s analysis of 215 personal data breach reports in th…