"They took everything: our desktop computer, both our laptops, our mobile phones, a laptop I had borrowed, even old mobile phones that were lying around in drawers," said Kate.

Their children, aged five and seven, were allowed to keep their tablets.

The police later told the couple that four photos depicting category B child abuse - the second-most-serious kind - had been uploaded to an online chat site a year ago.

Information passed to the National Crime Agency suggested it had come from their IP address.

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As principal security researcher at Tripwire, a risk management software firm, Craig Young has tested many smart locks.

He says he would not be comfortable having a smart lock on his home.

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Questions for the governing body and trustees to ask school leaders, to help improve a school's understanding of its cyber security risks.

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An academy has apologised to parents and pupils after a 16-year-old logged into a school laptop and downloaded pupils' personal data and shared it.

The boy, who attends Ormiston Rivers Academy in Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, obtained the details of Year 11 pupils after using a teacher's laptop.

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How to improve cyber security within your organisation (including schools) - quickly, easily and at low cost.

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Reducing The Impact

This is a National Cyber Security Resource

Most cyber attacks are composed of four stages: Survey, Delivery, Breach and Affect. The following security controls, applied at each stage of an attack, can reduce your organisation’s exposure to a successful cyber attack.

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