Pupil passwords reset after Edinburgh council cyber attack

Phishing attack sees Edinburgh pupils locked out of online learning materials

A member of staff noticed ‘suspicious’ activity on the schools and early years IT network.

Edinburgh schools targeted in phishing attack as students locked out of resources

Edinburgh schools have been targeted in a phishing attack that has locked students out of their revision material for exams.

Edinburgh schools hit by cyber attack targeting pupils as passwords reset

Council bosses say that they noticed some "unusual e-mail activity" on their schools and early years IT network on Friday afternoon.

Pupil passwords reset after Edinburgh council cyber attack

Staff in the council's education department spotted a suspicious invitation to a meeting and realised it was "spear phishing".

Scots schools hit by cyber attack as exam revision thrown into chaos

SCOTTISH schools were targeted by cyber criminals causing exam revision to be thrown into turmoil. Digital villains carried out the cyber attack on schools in Edinburgh yesterday. GettySchools were targeted in a cyber attack[/caption] The schools were targeted in a “phishing attack” where hackers try to trick people into clicking on malicious links to steal information. They are often sent through emails or texts pretending to be from legitimate…