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Hacker claimed VCE paper sales; authority says no exams leaked
The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority’s website was hacked during the year 12 exam period, and a person using the alias “DaggerElite” claimed to have sold exam papers to hundreds of students. The VCAA says the claims are fabricated and that it has found no evidence any VCE exams were accessed or leaked.
The VCAA took its website offline for maintenance and began an investigation, while Victoria police were notified; the exams are continuing as normal. Go Ahead Lawyers denied involvement and said it had found no evidence its email systems were accessed, suggesting its address may have been spoofed. The incident follows a 2024 publishing error that exposed 56 of 116 exam papers before students sat them.
In short
- A hacker claimed to sell VCE exam papers to hundreds of students.
- The VCAA says there is no evidence exams were accessed or leaked.
- Police were notified and the exams are continuing as normal.
Explained simply
The Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) is the main qualification taken by students in Victoria, Australia, at the end of secondary school. Its exams are set and managed by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, or VCAA, and help determine students’ results and next steps in education.
Exam papers are meant to remain confidential until students sit them, so a genuine leak could affect the fairness of results. In 2024, a publishing error by the VCAA exposed some papers before the exams; that earlier incident is part of the background to scrutiny of exam security.
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Originally published by The Guardian as “Hacker claims to have sold VCE exam papers to hundreds of students after government website hack”.