Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Cyber Crime Investigation Team arrested a 16-year-old male on suspicion of offences under Sections 1, 2 and 3A of the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
The male was arrested earlier today in the Portadown area, Wednesday, April 15.
He has since been released pending further enquiries.
A follow-up search has taken place.
The arrest forms part of an ongoing investigation into a report received on Thursday, April 2 of network intrusion activity involving the Education Authority.
A spokesperson for the Education Authority said: “The ongoing investigation into the recent cyber incident has now confirmed that there was a targeted attack on a small number of schools which is believed to have compromised some personal data.
“Our immediate priority is notifying the individuals and schools impacted by the attack. That process is being urgently progressed, guided by the final findings of the investigation and advice from the PSNI and the Information Commissioner’s Office.
“It remains the assessment of our system managers that the cyber incident is contained. Additional security measures were deployed at the beginning of this month on detection of the incident.
“Intensive work continues to ensure schools are fully reconnected to the C2k system and that all impacted systems return to normal.”
