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AU: Hacker claims to have sold stolen exams to students — but marked them for identification purposes?

DataBreaches.net · · International · Data Breaches

Aimee Edwards reports: Victoria’s Year 12 exams have been thrown into turmoil after the state’s curriculum and assessment authority website was hacked. A bizarre message appeared on the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) website on Wednesday evening, with the hacker mocking the authority’s security and claiming to have obtained and distributed this year’s exam papers....

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