Student hacks laptop Frisian teacher after which data of 1150 students leaked – IT Pro – News

The personal details of 1150 students, their parents and the staff of a Frisian school were leaked on the internet last week. A student had borrowed a laptop from a teacher and then hacked it. The data was then distributed to students via Discord.

According to the Leeuwarder Courant At the end of November, the pupil in question was allowed to borrow a laptop from a teacher from the Liudger Raai school community in Drachten to make a school assignment, because he did not have his own device with him. He took the opportunity to surreptitiously install software that would allow him to later access data from the device, the local branch of the comprehensive school, and the comprehensive online platform. This is shown by a further reconstruction of the Leeuwarder Courant.

That data included names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of students, parents and staff at the local school. Sensitive information, such as learning disabilities, was also stolen. According to the Leeuwarder Courant, the data was published last week via Discord and, according to the school, actively shared with other students.

After the school community was informed of the leak, the necessary measures were taken, according to director Joop Vogel. For example, the laptop of the teacher involved was examined and cleaned. The police and the parents were contacted and the school community has reportedly reported the leak to the Dutch Data Protection Authority. The student, and another student involved, were suspended.

Update, 18u10: Clarified that the pupil also had access to the school’s online platform.

–