There’s been an arrest in the Kido school cyberattack incident. itvX reports:
Two people have been arrested after hackers stole information about thousands of children from a nursery chain.
Two men aged 17 and 22 were arrested in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, on suspicion of computer misuse and blackmail, the Metropolitan Police said.
They remain in custody for questioning, the force said.
Cyberhackers were said to be using pictures and the names of about 8,000 children from the Kido nursery chain, to demand ransom money.
Read more at itvX.
Update: Subsequent coverage reported both of those arrested are 17-year old males.