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Bradford academy trust conned £77k in cyber-crime

Monday, 14 January 2019 16:00

By News @sunriseradiouk

Hamid Patel, chief executive of Star Academies Trust (Credit: Schools Week)

A trust which runs five academy schools in Bradford has been conned out of more than £77,000 in a cyber-attack.

It has been revealed that staff at Star Academies Trust transferred the money on 29 June last year to a fraudulent email account pretending to be one of the trust’s suppliers.

Star Academies managed to recoup around £38,000 of the money when staff released it was a scam, but the blunder still left the trust short of almost £40,000.

It is understood that, due to the sophistication of the attack, the trust was refunded by its insurance company with the total amount.

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