Schools find malware on laptops given out for home schooling

Josh Budd
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Malware appears to be contacting Russian servers, claim teachers

Malware has been found on some laptops given out by the government to aid home-schooling during lockdown, several news media have reported. Teachers from a Bradford school first raised the issue...

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