{"id":39275,"date":"2021-01-25T13:20:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T13:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/man-arrested-after-uk-school-reports-wiped-hard-drives-on-devices-connected-to-network\/"},"modified":"2021-01-25T13:20:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T13:20:05","slug":"man-arrested-after-uk-school-reports-wiped-hard-drives-on-devices-connected-to-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/man-arrested-after-uk-school-reports-wiped-hard-drives-on-devices-connected-to-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after UK school reports wiped hard drives on devices connected to network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 28-year-old has been arrested after allegedly carrying out what police have labelled a &#8220;sophisticated cyber attack&#8221; on a school.<\/p>\n<p>The unnamed man is suspected of disrupting Welland Park Academy in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England. A police spokesman told a local news <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leicestermercury.co.uk\/news\/local-news\/man-arrested-after-sophisticated-cyber-4917361\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>: &#8220;Officers received a report of a major IT outage at the school on Monday, January 18, that prevented the school from delivering remote learning and accessing material to support the children of keyworkers and vulnerable children who are attending school.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",button,mpu,\" data-sm=\",button,mpu,\" data-md=\",button,banner_plus,mpu\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YA7GEgBrvCbW8hHjsj9PFAAAANg&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YA7GEgBrvCbW8hHjsj9PFAAAANg&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>The spokesman further alleged: &#8220;It was subsequently discovered that a sophisticated cyber attack had occurred which affected personal devices that connected to the school&#8217;s network.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The man, who <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk\/2021\/news\/law-column-83000-reasons-to-remember-that-arrested-suspects-have-right-to-privacy-until-charged\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cannot be identified<\/a> by news media unless he is formally charged, was arrested on Friday on suspicion of breaching sections 1 and 3 of the Computer Misuse Act.<\/p>\n<div class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xsm=\",button,mpu_plusplus,\" data-sm=\",button,mpu_plusplus,\" data-md=\",button,mpu_plusplus,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YA7GEgBrvCbW8hHjsj9PFAAAANg&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YA7GEgBrvCbW8hHjsj9PFAAAANg&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>Welland Park Academy has about a thousand pupils. Leicestershire Police&#8217;s cybercrime unit began investigating after hard drives were allegedly wiped, though the same unnamed police press officer told the <i>Leicester Mercury<\/i> newspaper &#8220;there is currently no evidence of any data exfiltration&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Cyber attacks on British educational institutions that result in charges are relatively rare. A 25-year-old Bradford man was arrested in 2019 after students were duped into paying fraudulent invoices appearing to come from Lancaster University <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2019\/07\/24\/lancaster_university_hack_breach_man_arrested\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">following a data breach<\/a>. More recently, a Dundee college was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2020\/02\/04\/dundee_angus_college_ransomware\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">struck by ransomware early last year<\/a> \u2013 though there is no information to suggest the perp in that case had any direct links with the UK.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"crosshead\"> <span>In other Computer Misuse Act news<\/span><br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p>A police worker faces court tomorrow after allegedly being caught accessing police databases without a legitimate purpose for doing so.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Gardner-McLean, aged 21, was reportedly charged with a Computer Misuse Act crime in December. The <i>Essex County Standard<\/i> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gazette-news.co.uk\/news\/19032240.clacton-police-officer-appear-court-computer-misuse-charge\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> that Gardner-McLean, a police constable based in Clacton, Essex, will appear at Colchester Magistrates&#8217; Court tomorrow following &#8220;a months-long enquiry&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",button,dbutton,mpu_plus,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",button,dbutton,mpu_plus,dmpu,\" data-md=\",button,dbutton,mpu_plus,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YA7GEgBrvCbW8hHjsj9PFAAAANg&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YA7GEgBrvCbW8hHjsj9PFAAAANg&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>The Independent Office of Police Conduct said in a statement <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/policeconduct.gov.uk\/news\/essex-police-officer-appear-court-charged-computer-misuse-offences\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on its website<\/a> that Gardner-McLean&#8217;s conduct had been subject to an investigation that began in October 2019. The police constable is innocent unless proven guilty. \u00ae<\/p>\n<p> READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/go.theregister.com\/feed\/www.theregister.com\/2021\/01\/25\/leicestershire_school_computer_misuse\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police pull out classic &#8216;sophisticated cyber attack&#8217; line A 28-year-old has been arrested after allegedly carrying out what police have labelled a &#8220;sophisticated cyber attack&#8221; on a school.\u2026  READ MORE HERE&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-register"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ 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