Nursery hack: Thousands of children's names, pictures and addresses stolen

Thousands of names, addresses and photos of nursery children have been stolen by hackers.

The details of around 8,000 children were accessed by a gang of cyber criminals, who are using the sensitive information to demand a ransom from the Kido nursery chain - which has sites across London, the US and India. The hackers claim to hold information on the children's parents and carers, including safeguarding notes - and say they've contacted some parents to extort them.

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