The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority took its website offline after a defacement message from an actor named "DaggerElite" claimed upcoming exam materials were stolen and sold. Both the authority and Go Ahead Lawyers investigated the matter, finding no evidence of compromised email systems or accessed test files. State officials have referred the cyber incident to Victoria Police while confirming the ongoing exam timetable remains unaffected. Chief executive Andrew Smith emphasized that the risk of extracted materials is very low and security measures will be updated.
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State education officials confirmed that scheduled VCE examinations will proceed as norma…: State education officials confirmed that scheduled VCE examinations will proceed as normal despite the recent cyber defacement.
The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority has formally referred the website hacki…: The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority has formally referred the website hacking incident to Victoria Police for investigation.
Agency leadership maintains that claims regarding leaked student test papers are fabricat…: Agency leadership maintains that claims regarding leaked student test papers are fabricated and system security will be upgraded.
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The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority’s website has been hacked during the state’s exam period, with the culprit launching a tirade of expletives and claiming without evidence to have accessed student papers.
On Wednesday evening, a message attributed to someone using the alias “DaggerElite” appeared on the VCAA’s homepage banner, claiming to have sold exam papers to “hundreds of students” across the state.
They further alleged VCAA had “dogshit security standards” that had allowed them to “map out this shitshow site and learn all about its internals” and download a copy of 2026 exam papers from its internal file servers.
A spokesperson for the VCAA strongly refuted the hacker’s claims, which they said were “fabricated” and there was “no evidence at all” that any VCE exams had been accessed or leaked.
“These are false claims designed for financial gain from the exploitation of anxious students,” they said.
“For obvious reasons, the VCAA does not reveal or comment on specific security process used to protect the integrity of VCE exams.”
The hacker also claimed they had sent the exams to the…
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