Year 12 students warned of fake exam leaks after hack

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A state's curriculum-setter has warned Year 12 students not to engage with anyone offering leaked exams online, claiming they were not accessed in a hack.

Students sitting their Year 12 exams are warned not to fall for "fabricated" claims their tests are available for purchase online following a hack.

The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority's website remained inactive on Thursday after a hacker gained access to the site.

In a message posted to the website on Wednesday night, the hacker claimed to have distributed exam papers to hundreds of students.

But the assessment body has warned those claims were "fabricated" and designed to take advantage of students sitting exams.

"There is no evidence at all that any VCE exams have been accessed or leaked," a VCAA spokesperson said in a statement.

"These are false claims designed for financial gain from the exploitation of anxious students."

Word of the hack broke shortly before 6pm, when an unauthorised message appeared on VCAA's corporate website.

The hacker, who goes by "DaggerElite," claimed to have obtained VCE exams via secure printing services used by the exam body.

According to screenshots shared online, the hacker thanked students for purchasing the exams and the website's "dogshit" security standards.

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