Security News > 2024 > August > MDM vendor Mobile Guardian attacked, leading to remote wiping of 13,000 devices

UK-based mobile device management vendor Mobile Guardian has admitted that on August 4 it suffered a security incident that involved unauthorized access to iOS and ChromeOS devices managed by its tools.

Mobile Guardian focuses on the education sector - offering device management, web filtering, and classroom management tools.

The vendor has advised customers that the August 4 attack "Resulted in a small percentage of devices to be unenrolled from Mobile Guardian," which somehow led to remote wiping.

Singapore's Education Ministry, which became a Mobile Guardian customer in 2020, revealed on Monday that some 13,000 school students' devices were wiped.

The Ministry subsequently ordered the removal of Mobile Guardian's software from its devices.

Whatever went wrong this time is serious enough that the Ministry has evidently run out of patience with Mobile Guardian.

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