Mobile Guardian breach: MOE working to restore devices of 13,000 affected students by next week

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Mobile Guardian breach: MOE working to restore devices of 13,000 affected students by next week
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The Education Ministry is working closely with 26 secondary schools to restore the devices of 13,000 students affected by the Mobile Guardian cybersecurity breach. It expects to attend to all students by the end of next week. Those who backed up their data were able to recover their information.

For the small number who did not, additional support will be provided. Their classmates are also rallying around to help. Muhammad Bahajjaj reports. For the small number who did not, additional support will be provided.

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