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.