Boy arrested following NI school IT system cyber attack
The police said that the boy had been arrested "on suspicion of offences under Sections 1, 2 and 3A of the Computer Misuse Act 1990".He has since been released pending further enquiries and a follow-up search has taken place, the PSNI said.In a statement following the arrest, the EA said that an investigation into the incident "has now confirmed that there was a targeted attack on a small number of schools which is believed to have compromised some personal data"."Our immediate priority is notifying the individuals and schools impacted by the attack," they said."That process is being urgently progressed, guided by the final findings of the investigation and advice from the PSNI and the Information Commissioner's Office.""It remains the assessment of our system managers that the cyber incident is contained."It added that additional security measures were deployed at the beginning of the month after the incident was detected."Intensive work continues to ensure schools are fully reconnected to the C2k system and that all impacted systems return to normal," it said.
