UK school’s network left wide open for invasion, student found
25-06-2026 09:00 via theregister.com

UK school’s network left wide open for invasion, student found

PWNED Welcome back to PWNED, the weekly column where we school ourselves on others' security failures. This week, we’ll learn about a school where the entire network was like an open-book test … and the IT department got a zero. Have a story about someone leaving a gaping hole in their network? Share it with us at [email protected]. Anonymity is available upon request. Our tale of academic pwnage comes courtesy of a reader we’ll Regomize as Nathan. Nathan was 17 and attending s
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