PDPC to investigate cyber security incident at Global Schools Group

Source: The Straits Times
Published on: 2026-06-12 09:43

The incident allegedly saw personal and sensitive information belonging to students, parents and staff obtained by hackers. SINGAPORE - The Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) will investigate a cyber security breach at the Global Schools Group, which runs the Global Indian International School in Singapore. A PDPC spokesperson told The Straits Times on June 10: "PDPC is aware of the incident and will be investigating." The incident, which was made known to The Straits Times on June 10, allegedly saw personal and sensitive information belonging to students, parents and staff obtained by hackers. In an e-mail seen by ST, a note purporting to be from a group of hackers known as Fulcrum Sec claimed that 4.8 TB of data was compromised, including home addresses, passport numbers, salary information and private correspondence. It is unclear how many people were affected. Respondin...

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