The Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed a cyber-attack that saw hackers access around 607,000 records, with the stolen data including telephone numbers and email addresses linked to individuals and organisations. The department said no financial details were among the material accessed.
Officials have stressed that the breach was identified and contained quickly, and that the overall risk to affected individuals is limited. Even so, the scale of the exposure has raised questions about the security of contact data held by government departments.
