The Isle of Wight Education Federation disclosed that its IT systems were shut down last week as a result of a ransomware attack. The attackers encrypted the school data of Carisbrooke College, Island 6th Form, Medina College, Barton Prymary, Hunnyhill Primary and Lanesend Primary. The police have been informed and are working with the schools to track down the hackers.
A spokesman for the federation said in a statement: “There are obviously some significant implications of this, which we are managing and will take measures to secure our systems even further in the future.” He also mentioned that the schools and the council were working towards ensuring “that necessary and appropriate systems are in place for the new academic year”.
