Security News > 2021 > January > Man arrested after UK school finds wiped hard drives on devices connected to network
A 28-year-old has been arrested after allegedly carrying out what police have labelled a "Sophisticated cyber attack" on a school.
A police spokesman told a local news website: "Officers received a report of a major IT outage at the school on Monday, January 18, that prevented the school from delivering remote learning and accessing material to support the children of keyworkers and vulnerable children who are attending school."
The spokesman further alleged: "It was subsequently discovered that a sophisticated cyber attack had occurred which affected personal devices that connected to the school's network."
Leicestershire Police's cybercrime unit began investigating after hard drives were allegedly wiped, though the same unnamed police press officer told the Leicester Mercury newspaper "There is currently no evidence of any data exfiltration".
A police worker faces court tomorrow after allegedly being caught accessing police databases without a legitimate purpose for doing so.
The Essex County Standard reported that Gardner-McLean, a police constable based in Clacton, Essex, will appear at Colchester Magistrates' Court tomorrow following "a months-long enquiry".