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Police called in after hacker targets Victorian VCAA website over exam leak claims

Police called in after hacker targets Victorian VCAA website over exam leak claims

Heraldsun.Au • November 12, 2026

‘Dogsh*t security standards’: VCE exams in disarray as hacker claims hundreds of stolen tests have been sold

Victoria’s VCE exam authority has been hacked in another embarrassing blow for the scandal-plagued body, with a cyber criminal dubbed DaggerElite claiming leaked tests have been sold to “hundreds” of students.

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