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SINGAPORE – The names and e-mail addresses of parents and teachers of 127 primary and secondary schools were leaked after a mobile platform on students’ personal learning devices was hacked, said the Ministry of Education (MOE) on April 19. Mobile GuardiNames, e-mail addresses leaked in hacking of app managing student devices in 127 schools: MOE
SINGAPORE – The names and e-mail addresses of parents and teachers of 127 primary and secondary schools were leaked after a mobile platform on students’ personal learning devices was hacked, said the Ministry of Education (MOE) on April 19. Mobile Guardian’s user management portal was compromised at its headquarters by an incident of unauthorised access, which led to the leak of names and e-mail addresses of parents and teachers from five primary schools and 122 secondary schools, said MOE in a statement on its website. That means about a third of all primary and secondary schools in Singapore were affected by this leak. The Mobile Guardian app, which is installed on personal learning devices including Chromebook laptops and Apple’s iPad tablets, helps parents manage their children’s device use and restrict specific websites, apps and screen time. The parents and teachers whose personal information may have been leaked will be notified, said MOE. It added that they should remain vigilant against any phishing e-mails that may be sent to them. If parents have not received e-mails, it means they have not been affected by the leak, the statement said. Read more