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    Thousands of children’s names, pictures and addresses stolen in cyber attack

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    By Josh Milton

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    Thousands of children’s names, pictures and addresses stolen in cyber attack

    Hackers have reached out to some parents (Picture: Getty Images)

    The names, addresses and photos of more than 8,000 nursery children have been stolen by hackers.

    Kido, a nursery chain with 18 sites in London, one in Windsor and more in the US and India, is being held to ransom by cyber criminals.

    The gang told the BBC that they also have information about the children’s parents, guardians and carers as well as safeguarding notes.

    Hackers from the group, called Radiant, have contacted the parents to extort them for money.

    Radiant published the details of 10 children on their website on the darknet, which can only be accessed with special software or permission.

    The crooks told the BBC that they are not ‘asking for an enormous amount’ of money from the nursery chain.

    They added that they ‘deserve some compensation for our pentest’, referring to a penetration test, a mock cyber attack to find security holes.

    Their one goal is money, a screenshot of the group’s ‘About’ section on their website, shared by a ransomware tracking website on X, shows.

    ‘Your company failed to secure its network and we took advantage of that/. It’s purely business-based,’ they wrote.

    🚨 We are now monitoring “Radiant Group” – a new actor claiming responsibility for a breach at:Kido Schools 🇬🇧 – [https://t.co/i8nzJGAGeo]A global early childhood education provider operating across multiple countries. pic.twitter.com/2UokV7e2SE— Ransom-DB (@Ransom_DB) September 24, 2025

    The police told Metro it had received a referral today ‘following reports of a ransomware attack on a London-based organisation’.

    Enquiries are ongoing and no arrests have been made.

    Kido has been contacted for comment.

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