Hacker claims to have sold VCE exam papers to hundreds of students after government website hack
Summary
A person using the alias “DaggerElite” hacked the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority website and claimed to have sold 2026 VCE exam papers to students. The authority and a law firm named in the hacker’s message said they found no evidence that exam papers were accessed, leaked, or distributed; Victoria police are investigating, and exams are continuing as scheduled.Key Facts
- The hacker’s message appeared on the VCAA homepage banner on Wednesday evening.
- The hacker claimed to have downloaded exam papers from internal file servers and sold them to hundreds of students, but provided no verified evidence in the article.
- The VCAA said the claims were fabricated and that it had no evidence any VCE exams had been accessed or leaked.
- Go Ahead Lawyers said it did not access or distribute exam papers and suspected someone may have spoofed its email address.
- The incident was reported to Victoria police, and the VCAA took its website offline for maintenance while it investigated.
- VCAA chief executive Andrew Smith said the authority was working to restore the website and would review the cause and any needed security changes.
- Victoria’s government said the VCE exams would continue as normal.
- In 2024, the VCAA accidentally published 56 of 116 exam papers before students sat the tests.
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