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MOE lodges police report on 13 defaced school sites

Online screen grab of one of the 13 school websites that were defaced.

Police confirmed on Wednesday evening that the Ministry of Education (MOE) has lodged a police report regarding the 13 school websites that were defaced earlier in the day.

Police added that investigations are ongoing.
 
The Straits Times earlier reported that the 13 websites were defaced between 3:30pm and 5:00pm, according to a statement from MOE. The affected websites were all hosted on one server.
 
The report quoted an MOE spokesperson who said, “We have referred the matter to the police for investigation and are working to restore the affected websites.”
 
At 9.38pm, it appeared that all the affected websites, except for the one for Raffles Girls’ School, were still down and replaced with a page that says, “Site is temporarily unavailable. We are working to restore the site.”
 
The affected websites are those belonging to the schools below:
1.    Bukit Timah Primary School
2.    Canberra Primary School
3.    Compassvale Primary School
4.    Greendale Primary School
5.    South View Primary School
6.    West View Primary School
7.    Woodlands Ring Primary School
8.    Henderson Secondary School
9.    Kent Ridge Secondary School
10.    Maris Stella High School
11.    Raffles Girls’ School
12.    St Gabriel's Secondary School
13.    St Andrew’s Junior College