Names, e-mail addresses leaked in hacking of app managing student devices in 127 schools: MOE

The Mobile Guardian app, installed on students’ personal learning devices, was appointed as MOE’s official mobile device management services vendor in November 2020.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 on April 19.

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.

In response to queries, an MOE spokeswoman said those affected by the hack were school staff members with access to device management functions on the app, as well as parents who had signed up to use Mobile Guardian on Chromebook laptops and Apple’s iPad tablets. Mobile Guardian – a software company headquartered in Surrey, Britain, with offices in the US and South Africa – has locked down its administrative accounts and is conducting investigations to find out how the leak may have occurred.

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