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The Mobile Guardian incident left some students who lost their notes shaken. Amid exams now, remember: the key is to help them get back stronger.
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June Yong
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The Mobile Guardian cyber-security incident, which was reported in early August, saw many strong reactions from affected students and their parents over the loss of their notes and study materials.
Due to a global cyber-security breach that affected 13,000 students from 26 secondary schools in Singapore, students’ personal learning devices (PLDs) had to undergo a factory reset, resulting in a loss of notes and homework saved on them.

