Isle of Anglesey County Council is investigating a cyber-attack, which has affected all of its five secondary schools.

Information technology systems - including email accounts - have been temporarily disabled to contain the incident, which has affected Ysgol Syr Thomas Jones, Amlwch; Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern; Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni; Ysgol David Hughes, Menai Bridge, and Ysgol Uwchradd Caergybi.

However, it is possible that personal data held on these systems could have been compromised during the cyber-attack.

Anglesey Council’s Chief Executive, Annwen Morgan, explained, “We discovered the cyber-attack yesterday (Wednesday 23 June) and moved quickly to bring in a team of specialised cyber-technology consultants to investigate. The National Cyber Security Centre will also be providing us with support to resolve matters.

“There is likely to be some disruption at the schools over the coming weeks as systems may need to be restored and others remain offline.”

She added, “We are working closely with other partners to support our secondary schools. Although we are not currently able to confirm that there has been a data breach, the Information Commissioner’s Office has also been made aware of the incident.”

Anglesey Council will not be making any further comment at present.

Ends 24.6.21

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