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title: Hacker Defaces Victoria’s Exam Board Site Mid-Exams, Claims Leaks
description: Victoria’s VCAA says no VCE papers were accessed in the November 11 intrusion, as police investigate and students are warned off exam sellers.
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# Hacker Defaces Victoria’s Exam Board Site Mid-Exams, Claims Leaks

Victoria’s VCAA says no VCE papers were accessed in the November 11 intrusion, as police investigate and students are warned off exam sellers.

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Around 6 p.m. on November 11, 2026, someone calling themselves “DaggerElite” swapped the homepage of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) for a profanity-filled message. It boasted that this year’s VCE papers had been lifted from a printing contractor’s servers and sold to “hundreds of students” statewide. The VCAA calls those claims “fabricated” and says it has found no sign any exam was accessed. It says the intrusion was confined to its public website, which a third party hosts and which holds no private data, and its printers report no unauthorized access. Go Ahead Lawyers, the firm whose email the hacker said carried the papers, suspects its address was spoofed. The site stayed offline on November 12 and students lost access to study materials, while Victoria Police’s Cybercrime Squad is investigating. Exams continue as planned through November 18, with 24 papers left, and students are being told not to deal with anyone offering to sell them. Source: [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/nov/12/vce-exams-hack-year-12-papers-vcaa-victorian-curriculum-and-assessment-authority)

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