Arabic version: هيئة المناهج والتقييم في فيكتوريا تحقق في اختراق موقعها خلال الامتحانات

According to ABC News, the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority is investigating after its website was hacked during the student exam period. The authority said there was no indication that exam papers from the day or previous weeks had been accessed.

The VCAA homepage earlier displayed an error message before being replaced by a notice saying, “We’ll be right back.” The site said it was undergoing maintenance and apologised for inconvenience. A VCAA spokesperson confirmed the page had been hacked earlier in the day and said a forensic investigation was under way to determine the extent of the attack.

Students in Victoria are still sitting exams, which are scheduled through to November 18. A message posted on the compromised version of the website claimed exam papers had been downloaded and distributed. The person claiming responsibility, signing off as DaggerElite, alleged copies of 2026 papers were obtained from a printing provider’s internal file servers and sent using email details obtained from a legal service provider.

The compromised message also said each copy was individualised with an identifiable signature embedded in it. The claims have not altered the VCAA’s stated position that there is no indication exam papers have been accessed. In 2024, an exam blunder resulted in some questions being leaked in online practice material. In April, the Victorian government announced more than $222 million to rebuild the VCAA, saying the funding was intended to safeguard exams for the long term.