Personal information of parents, staff at 127 schools accessed in data security breach

SINGAPORE: A data breach at one of its vendors has resulted in the "unauthorised access" of names and email addresses of parents and staff from five primary schools and 122 secondary schools, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said on Friday (Apr 19).

MOE said it was notified by Mobile Guardian that its user management portal had been breached on Wednesday, with the incident occurring at the company's headquarters in Surrey, United Kingdom.