According to online forum EduGeek, headteachers in Bradford received a warning from the council over malware, linked to Russian servers, being discovered on laptops due to be used by disadvantaged children for home-learning.
An email from Bradford Council to school leaders, which has been shared on the site, states: “We have been made aware of the following issue from a Bradford school. They have just received their final assignment of Windows laptops from the DfE. The laptops are Geo Geobooks 1E.
“Upon unboxing and preparing them it was discovered that a number of the laptops are infected with a self-propagating network worm (Gamarue.I). The network worm looks like it contacts Russian servers when active.”
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