The U.K. Department for Education (DfE) confirmed a cyber-attack that resulted in about 607,000 records being taken, including phone numbers and email addresses linked to individuals and organizations. The department said it worked with the National Cyber Security Centre and the National Crime Agency, and that the incident was contained quickly. DfE stated the compromised information did not include bank details or other highly sensitive data, and it said the risk to individuals is not considered high. It also reported that two services—the Turing Scheme portal and the DfE online help desk—were affected, but were expected to operate normally later in the week. The incident underscores how frequently education institutions are targeted. The report cited that roughly a quarter of further education institutions reported experiencing a breach or attack at least weekly, according to the government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey—raising the stakes for incident readiness and data protection compliance across campus IT.