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https://i0.wp.com/www.halkynconsulting.co.uk/a/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/bay_house_school.png?fit=1107%2C428&ssl=11107428Today the Information Commissioner’s Office announced a data protection act breach at the Bay House School in Hampshire which placed data belonging to nearly 20,000 people at risk. Reading the ICO report, it appears this breach was the result of an attack on its website and the fact that members of staff re-used passwords for […]