Cyberattack against Mobile Guardian Results in Remote Wiping of School Devices.

A cyberattack against mobile device management firm Mobile Guardian has caused disruptions at educational institutions in North America, Europe, and Singapore, the Register reports. The company has halted its services while it responds to the incident. The details of the attack are unclear, but the incident somehow "resulted in a small percentage of devices to be unenrolled from Mobile Guardian and their devices wiped remotely." The company says there's "no evidence to suggest that the perpetrator had access to users’ data."

13,000 student devices were wiped in Singapore, and the country's Ministry of Education (MOE) has severed ties with Mobile Guardian as a result. The MOE says it's "working with schools to support affected students, including deploying additional IT roving teams to schools and providing additional learning resources."

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