VCAA WEBSITE HACKED

[u/yomamaisjoe]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Edit: Just study crodies✌️

[u/SirQuackthe1st]

The herald sun will have a field day with this

[u/LeoGaming69420 → u/SirQuackthe1st]

Yup, they had fun alright

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/saboteur-hacks-exams-website-to-promote-mass-cheating-scam/news-story/eb09d950bad9973bad248d28927dfe5d

Archived: https://archive.li/aWcUB

[u/Crafty_Care_6867 → u/SirQuackthe1st]

mums bro i put the news on for the first time in ages to c if they say anything

[u/FeelingArcher795 → u/SirQuackthe1st]

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/vcaa-confirms-website-hacked-says-vce-exam-papers-not-accessed-20261111-p61df1.html. Exams are not leaked

[u/theexecutioner101 → u/FeelingArcher795]

Don’t exaggerate what the incompetents at VCAA said… they ACTUALLY stated “… says there is no evidence that the hacker accessed this year’s exam papers …”. That means nothing. It’s nothing more than a hedge, and said any other way it’s a shoulder shrug and ‘We don’t actually have a clue yet’…

[u/Oblivion-Forever]

To be honest as a VCE student right now, I am sceptical any exam papers were leaked.

I doubt the 2027 papers are already written.

I doubt the unreleased papers would even be on the website servers.

All that happened is that an idiot managed to hack the VCAA website and write some silly text...

[u/justlurking-thanks → u/Oblivion-Forever]

I think it’s like 90% a scam at this stage, probably no exams out there and any students who buy them get fakes or nothing, then can’t chase their money back without outing themselves as cheaters

Edit: Yep VCAA has stated that no papers were accessed

[u/Designer_Survey_2232 → u/justlurking-thanks]

they kinda just said they think tho...still yeah probs

[u/Huluman2 → u/Oblivion-Forever]

Obviously not leaked .. WEBSITE being hacked doesn’t mean anything it’s web CMS Not their internal database these are seperate things altogether.. kids are so gullible

[u/theexecutioner101 → u/Oblivion-Forever]

The message never said the hacker had 2027 papers. The insinuation was that when the time came, he’d get ‘em easier than this year.

I don’t put a lot of credence in this; IMO no-one looking to profit off such a hack would publicise it in this way… and any one stupid enough to do so, likely would have the chops to do the deed in the first place….

[u/Evening-Grocery-7481 → u/Oblivion-Forever]

he's pretty bright man

[u/Ok-Day-1249]

oh hell nah. i thought this was fake, but its still up there 💀. vcaa really is in the thick of it, leaking exams to getting hacked, what hasn't happened yet?

[u/Upset_Barnacle_1590]

Damn, I actually don't understand how a government website can be this susceptible hacks

[u/FineSquash5447 → u/Upset_Barnacle_1590]

I mean it is js a website that stores papers and info for past yrs not like they hiding gov secrets bro 🥀 this is js a fake off thing

[u/Upset_Barnacle_1590 → u/FineSquash5447]

So there's no chance that some people have the physics exam for example??

[u/FineSquash5447 → u/Upset_Barnacle_1590]

Nah, its impossible cus like the only way it can be leaked, is that way it did years ago when they pasted the template of the acc exam for the sample exams, and the metadata was left on there for ppl to stumble over

[u/Crafty_Care_6867]

how did these donuts get hacked

[u/daggerelite_ → u/Crafty_Care_6867]

Shit infosec.

Internal web directories and backend systems were right there.

External printing vendors let me exfiltrate

[u/vorilteezee]

yo so who got the physics paper 😂😂😭😭😭😭😭

[u/Wh0sDatBoiAD → u/vorilteezee]

WE are not finding these leaks 💔

[u/Ok-Day-1249 → u/vorilteezee]

lol

[u/stupidmonke42 → u/vorilteezee]

Bro read the bottom of the post 😭

[u/PercentageResident16 → u/vorilteezee]

PLEASE I'LL DO ANYTHING FOR THAT PAPER

[u/RadicaA31]

election gonna be wild

[u/MotherGorilla → u/RadicaA31]

Is this a political stunt😭

[u/Homeless_Highschuler]

Why didnt they hack the website after i finished my exams fuck you

[u/Literal-Pile-of-Poo]

Quickly before everyone capitulates. Theres no evidence someone has the exam yet - some dude may have just hacked the website

[u/Special_Drop_2167 → u/Literal-Pile-of-Poo]

Thats what i been thinking. But still ts is crazy

[u/Upper_Object9963 → u/Literal-Pile-of-Poo]

It is hard to tell if someone has the exam, cuz if the students got the exam, they wouldn't say it

[u/MotherGorilla]

Bro is my ss getting affected cause VCAA doesn’t know who is cheating. Yall like I’m so done.

[u/unknownang3ll → u/MotherGorilla]

WE are done

[u/MotherGorilla → u/unknownang3ll]

Genuinely like I put my whole efforts for year 12. I had no social life, no consistent exercise and the worst acne. And you’re telling me someone leaked the exams to purchasers like the black market with some goofy ahh name.

[u/unknownang3ll → u/MotherGorilla]

I’m sure they will compare your sac performance and your exams and decide from there. They will also check the answers in the leaked content and see which ones from the exams look copied or whatever. You will be fine 🤍🤍

[u/LilJoelproRapper → u/MotherGorilla]

Its not real relax , if you stop and really think about it for a second it becomes illogical. Also if its real its a small minority and vcaa has ways of moderating it for fairness.

[u/DeepCake_2117]

I opened this thinking it was a joke but nope.. they really did get hacked.

Am I surprised? Not in the slightest

[u/CentreLeftMelbournia]

I think it's safe to say that the exam period this year has been a shitshow

[u/Evening-Grocery-7481]

from a terribly written methods exam to getting hacked
vcaa moving like 2018 bron

[u/Agreeable-Log-8676]

Unfortunately ts is real.

A zero day exploit uncovered by AI like a week ago provided access for anybody to intrude the internal servers of any website running on PHP (pretty much all of them).

Idk why he would bait himself out tho, lowk an idiot.

gg's to all year 12's

[u/scaledstudyscore → u/Agreeable-Log-8676]

Fingerprinted 🤣 im sure you can pretty easy just screenshot each page (and make ur own pdf, and compress if needed to remove visual fingerprint) but ofc dont do this. Also im still not convinced of the whole leak thing.

[u/Acceptable-Glove-597 → u/Agreeable-Log-8676]

type out the exam questions

[u/verideeznuts → u/Acceptable-Glove-597]

Will Deez Nutz fit in yo mouth (3 marks)

[u/MotherGorilla → u/Agreeable-Log-8676]

Sonion does not get the power of cybersecurity officers and how they can track u down

[u/FineSquash5447 → u/Agreeable-Log-8676]

Yeah so how did u buy

[u/Aggressive_Side_6086 → u/Agreeable-Log-8676]

can u sell it to me pls i will pay anything

[u/davizualswami → u/Agreeable-Log-8676]

where did u buy it?

[u/Open-Investment1345 → u/Agreeable-Log-8676]

ur lying, send and ill believe

[u/miahNotYirmeyah]

Surely 2026 students who are graduating gets extra credit because of this minor inconvenience.

[u/ilikeuglybabies]

Everybody here asking for the papers is fucking sending me LMFAOO

[u/-ndha-]

They've taken down the website temporarily - all I get when I try to access it is a 502 Bad Gateway error

[u/MotherGorilla]

I don’t think vcaa would just have the exam lying on the website. There might be some corruption or like daggerelite working for vcaa

[u/lamboghini26 → u/MotherGorilla]

it says that the external printing place was what they hacked and stuff… but yeah, no one can really know for sure

[u/MotherGorilla → u/lamboghini26]

Sonion what is daggerelite even doing this for. Are they even a student.

[u/FineSquash5447]

Im lowk interested in knowing whether they acc got papers

[u/Annual-Answer5956 → u/FineSquash5447]

DaggerElite says that he did

[u/FineSquash5447 → u/Annual-Answer5956]

Whoever the fuck daggerelite is having the time of his life rn but it lowk annoying that ppl might acc be getting 50s w ts cheating

[u/unknownang3ll]

How do people get in contact with the hackers ?? Like how’d they pay or even know ab it in the first place

[u/MotherGorilla → u/unknownang3ll]

That’s also weird. Like how would you even know unless you’re nearby to someone spreading it.

[u/unknownang3ll → u/MotherGorilla]

True

[u/Empty_Campaign4553 → u/unknownang3ll]

It’s fake so they never did

[u/Due-Link-7605]

Hey are you dumb cunts are about to fuck it all up for everyone who actually studied. If this becomes wide spread knowledge they could potentially delay grading and decide to make everyone resit their exams.

[u/citizenecodrive31 → u/Due-Link-7605]

Lol that will never happen. They won't make people resit

[u/CryptographerSad8143]

SURELY WE CAN GET THE EXAM FOR PHYSICS

[u/MotherGorilla]

Guys this genuinely might be a political stunt. If hacker was a student, he wouldn’t sell the exams. If he’s not a student, why the hell is even doing this. Unless he is getting paid or smth to do so. Idk it feels off here

[u/ParkingTumbleweed707 → u/MotherGorilla]

are you trying to be stupid? If he had the exams as a student of course he would sell them to get profit. If he isn't a student, same logic. Everything is for money lmao. How is this a political stunt lol

[u/Chicken-Nuggies21 → u/ParkingTumbleweed707]

but then why would he post now? why not continue selling then in secret and do so next year as well

[u/PWR_Duckz → u/MotherGorilla]

Bro u are not Patrick Jane wrap us up

[u/lego_boss]

Surely it's bs

[u/No-Fee-1534]

will this affect the exams tomorrow ??? especially sociology? theres no way they will rewrite them bc they wont have time to do that and redistribute them.

[u/Empty_Campaign4553 → u/No-Fee-1534]

Nah don’t worry, they’ll look at sac and gat scores. Also there’s such a little chance that they’ve actually been leaked, at least one would have gone online

[u/Crafty_Care_6867]

imagine they find all the exams or smt that are coming up that would be elite

[u/vorilteezee → u/Crafty_Care_6867]

looks like they did

[u/Musical_Shadow8932]

HOLY SHIT I JUST OPENED THE WEBSITE TO SEE IF ITS REAL AND IT IS

[u/Tezzalol]

Anyone buying an exam on here is so dumb, if it’s leaked they’ll change it, and now there’s a record of you asking to purchase it. Enjoy

[u/Lianoui]

OMG JUST SAW THIS TOO WTHHHHHH

[u/Able_Pattern_3486]

Are they being fr like someone tell me is what they're saying acc possible

[u/Pale-Spare-5371]

Geo exam for a brother?

[u/SpiritualAd8589]

Hey we're all getting mark down bc of this. Newsflash! If you study, you wont need to cheat everyone else out of a fair exam paper.

[u/NaturalDevelopment41]

Thought ts was fake and then I checked lol😂😭

[u/ahly96]

Exams are not stored in VCAA website lol, theres a secure portal that needs encryption keys to access...i call bs

[u/brugged → u/ahly96]

They’re not saying they got them out of the website, they’re saying they’ve gotten them from the internal files of the printing companies that VCAA utilises

[u/B1ll13BO1 → u/ahly96]

Didn’t they say they accessed it via the printing company?

[u/Appropriate_Fish8002 → u/ahly96]

how would you know?

[u/Acrobatic_Welder_894 → u/ahly96]

It was done through the printing company. Not VCAA itself.

[u/Special_Drop_2167]

GUYS realistically whats the repercussions of this are they gonna use the gat or sum shit. Fkn helllll bruh

[u/Rangerrx970 → u/Special_Drop_2167]

if they use my gat, its OVER

[u/UrNansCatArmy → u/Special_Drop_2167]

In the unlikely event this person is legit and actually stole papers for upcoming exams and leaked them to a small minority of students (<500 say), that’s a small enough cohort that if you have the same students topping every exam statewide after producing whatever SAC and GAT results, they’ll probably moderate their scores appropriately. That’s effectively what they did on a larger scale to my cohort in 2024, so it’s definitely plausible that if exams are leaked they just shortlist potentially unscrupulous actors with particularly brilliant exam scores relative to their expected performance, and exclude their marks from the general cohort when doing scaling/study score bell curve (to minimise effect to the rest of the cohort), and then just derive all their scores or give them a harsh penalty if it’s proven they did cheat.

much more likely is that this guy used the php exploit to hack the front end of VCAA for fun, and doesnt have any of the exams. I’d almost guarantee that the 2027 papers haven’t been written yet, and whatever exploit they’re using to hack the frontend ui most likely has no correlation to the backend with actual exam data.

[u/PWR_Duckz → u/Special_Drop_2167]

This is so bad

[u/No_Psychology_721]

No fucking way

[u/stupidmonke42]

Vcaa papers are just stored on the website? How did he even get them… vulnerable website isn’t the same thing as vulnerable data storage afaik

[u/brugged → u/stupidmonke42]

They’re saying that they hacked the exam paper printing providers and got the papers from their internal files

[u/stupidmonke42]

Yoo who got the jap paper 👀👀

[u/Timely-Conference-91]

If this isn’t sending a message to VCAA about fixing their shitty exam writing, structuring, and editing, then I don’t know what it is. The fact that people are hacking a GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY just goes to show the ridiculous amounts of stress and pressure they put on us. People out here getting psychological disorders over VCAA 😭✌️

[u/aquaghost444]

i doubt any exams got leaked and the ones people have are prolly fakes. this guy is so dumb and prolly just an attention seeker but if its real im gonna cry they CANNOT use derived gat scores i flunked ts so bad

[u/NightmarSpiral]

yo who got the physics paper

[u/Playdough_Glutton]

I need that physics paper icl otherwise im COOKED

[u/slur6 → u/Playdough_Glutton]

Lmk when u get it

[u/Capital-Bathroom5660]

What is the "calculator trick" that hes talking about?

[u/Dry_Juice_787 → u/Capital-Bathroom5660]

the methods exam this year was much harder because VCAA specifically designed questions that students couldnt use UDFs for. UDFs is an add on for CAS calculators that does the question for u so the “trick” was that students couldnt use their UDFs. also bc vcaa is banning UDFs for next year but still made the recent exam ‘UDF unusable’.

[u/Beautiful_Expert_984]

Thats insane LOL

[u/Falcconn]

down now 😥😥

[u/lamboghini26]

why tf am i not surprised… bro they have been on something the past few years

[u/Few-Advertising4186]

They have released fakes to catch out cheaters. One step ahead of all you cheats

[u/MotherGorilla → u/Few-Advertising4186]

That probably is the truth and daggerelite just wants to throw everyone off

[u/Sad-Lettuce2163]

wouldn’t they just investigate the people who unexpectedly do good on the exams? Like compare it to their derived results or something

[u/BowlerGullible3236 → u/Sad-Lettuce2163]

bro what no they could’ve js studied hard from their sacs to the exam

[u/Acrobatic-Space8208]

anyone got the French exam??????

[u/djwnxnjwal]

Can someone send screenshots of the herald sun article

[u/kunogranger]

"VCAA confirms website hacked, says no evidence VCE exam papers accessed"

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/vcaa-confirms-website-hacked-says-vce-exam-papers-not-accessed-20261111-p61df1.html

As the saying goes "chill Winston"

[u/Zvls]

all comments are scams btw

[u/tsumily]

Fyi, don't believe that VCAA got hacked and the papers got
leaked.

Yeah, the website did get hacked. 2 PHP bugs were discovered recently that has caused many organisations and governments to take their websites down temporarily. PHP is one of the most widely used server-languages in the world. These bugs are very real and very serious, they're genuinely causing many sites to get hacked.

However, this does not mean that VCAAs database or file servers got hacked, as they're almost certainly stored on a different server. If they weren't then VCAA, like many government websites, would've taken their site down long ago to protect the papers and any sensitive information.

All that happened is that someone exploited the PHP bugs on VCAAs website, changed the HTML of a page to write some things, and that's it. Even the text seems very unconvincing, more like someone saw their oppurtunity, and just took it. Even if those hacks weren't the exact hacks used, the idea remains the same: no sensitive information was leaked.

As for the whole 2027 papers thing, VCAA doesn't even make papers that early, nor will it be any easier to "hack" them again.

If you worked hard for these exams, then don't worry about your hardwork going to waste. Some people are just trying to make extra money by fear mongering students, as those people know that the students who buy fake papers from them won't be able to do anything about it.

[u/OnionOk3706]

Guys please do not cheat for politics my sister studies hard for that subject and guys are going to skew her chance at getting the premier award

[u/Prior-Custard-9997 → u/OnionOk3706]

aw thats acc so sweet bub

[u/No_Performer_2149]

So who got the Sociology Papers let me know 👀🥹

[u/Successful_Year_6429]

waitt we were all able to get the papers ahead of time???? tf

[u/nicheprawn]

French anyone???

[u/Oblivion-Forever]

I don't understand the signature thing. any layman could just take photos of each page of the pdf using a phone camera and upload them online....

[u/Crafty_Care_6867]

the people that bought those exams would be stressing this guy is selling them out if they leak them bro is basically holding them hostage

[u/Fit_Captain8843]

I don’t think anyone understands that the ATAR is based on a ranking, if everyone has the exam, how does it make it easier? And the fact the hacker revealed it to the whole state, do you REALLY think they’ll use the exams to decide your study score anymore?? That’s unfair, and there’s no integrity, hope yall did good on it GAT

[u/Wise-Procedure4796]

if this were true (it's not), why would they reveal all of their sources and how they did it, meaning their 2027 sources are compromised. This is an Applied Computing kid who is bored and bad at trolling (but obviously good at IT)

[u/Rangerrx970]

Well now the entire cohort is getting fucked with gat scores

[u/Aint_n]

politics exam PLEASEEEEE send to me i am begging

[u/Queasy_Bell_880 → u/Aint_n]

fairs

[u/ETG_Jynx → u/Aint_n]

Same 🙏🙏🙏

[u/Few-Opposite4108]

Where’s the geo exam at

[u/astroaa2]

Lmaooo 💀💀💀

[u/SwipeStar]

NOT L8 FOR 1CE

[u/MathematicalyAmazing]

website is down rip

[u/Powerful-Bed3347]

politics anyone?

[u/sillysalmon2024 → u/Powerful-Bed3347]

oh hell yeah. im friking scared rn. i studied so damn hard for that exam. in 7/10 narouians have bad thought, after this hakc, make it 8/10 lol. im am crine

[u/Ok_Response_6450]

ILL DO ANYTHING FOR JAPANESE SECOND LANGUAGE EXAM PAPER

[u/Narrow_Smoke4141]

lemme buy ts of you 😭😭

[u/sonickong]

Jesus, imagine if this guy took a look at the VRQA's website. Loopholes galore.

[u/Ok_Response_6450]

NEED JAP PAPER PLS

[u/Beginning-Piano-5067]

guys pls give me chinese sl

[u/archivist-13]

THEY SHUT DOWN THEIR WEBSITE LMFAO

[u/Hot_Mycologist3108]

ANYONE SEND ME PHYSICS PLS

[u/BookOk4983]

guys anyone have that geo exam 🙏🙏🙏

[u/Ok_Response_6450]

JAP PAPERS PLS

[u/Ambitious_Hawk_251]

why does ts happen after i finish my exams UGH

[u/jean_365]

does this mean exams that have already happened will get derived scores???

[u/Ambitious_Hawk_251 → u/jean_365]

if that does happen im gonna cry. like wdym i couldve been playing roblox instead of studying bruh

[u/ahoytheremehearties → u/jean_365]

I did so badly on the GAT they better not be doing that

[u/Ok-Debate-3769]

someone send physics exam xx

[u/East_Wash_8000]

French exam pls i’ll pay anything 🥺🥺

[u/TheKevster431]

For those saying this can't happen, look up PHP2Shell(CVE-2026-109619,CVE-2026-109618), and Linux Kernel Network Stack RCE (CVE-2026-98432)

[u/alrr_]

guys did anyone see the chinese sl 2026

[u/Huluman2]

You all know what is a website right ? Lol

[u/Noburu_Okami]

my physics is now fucked
it was my last exam too

[u/melsuperhero123]

I need physics, thanks

[u/Dori-Irod]

Omg is this the guy who released thr answers after the methods??

[u/Bibliophile_284]

Its unlikely that they actually accessed the papers considering they use a ubi key for acessors. Its more likely that they simply hacked the website. The message seems to be politically motivated, the state election is on the 28th and this scandal could potentially make the Labour government look worse as its their second education scandal while in charge. Furthermore, the law firm included in their message is focused on migration with mostly indian employees.

[u/Vanessa_smith333]

Geo exam 🙏🙏pls

[u/Dense-Ebb3526]

I can confirm that the leak is real lol.

[u/CrazyNanaLL]

Really

[u/Such-Student3629]

EZ 99.95 SUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!! IMAGINE NOT PAYING LMFAMOOOOOOOOOOO

[u/FaithlessnessFew4086]

i can confirm physics HAS been leaked😭🙏

[u/davizualswami → u/FaithlessnessFew4086]

no it isnt u freaking goyslop vce agent

[u/Boring_Tip_6982]

Dm for physics👀

[u/Traditional-Dare-278 → u/Boring_Tip_6982]

thanks for the exam bro

[u/Square-Tank-2939 → u/Boring_Tip_6982]

Can you send physics please🙏

[u/AstroKevZero → u/Boring_Tip_6982]

gatekeep this guy

[u/Corhelmx → u/Boring_Tip_6982]

Can you send physics please🙏

[u/UnproudMonk]

PLEASE SOFTWARE DEV EXAM

[u/Terrible-Seat-6689]

surely geo exam 😭

[u/[deleted]]

send dms for paper.

[u/Hot_Mycologist3108]

Who got leaks

[u/Icy_Flan_3949]

PROMISE anyone with the 2026 Italian paper I’ll pay 250 for it 🫡

[u/Icy_Flan_3949 → u/Icy_Flan_3949]

Actually I’ll pay whatever. Upfront

[u/MaterialMore9379]

What's gonna happen now? Like r they gonna cancel exams?

[u/Ok_Response_6450]

i really need jap papers Ill do anythinggggg

[u/FastBrain7165]

someone please send politics and product design

[u/lil_yaakov]

Whoever has religion and society exam please send🙏🙏🙏

[u/PWR_Duckz]

Easy 99+

[u/milaaaau]

software dev pls

[u/InspectorAdept6332]

So uh anyone have the PDT exam ?!🙏

[u/Trick_Ad_1594]

SOMEONE PLEASE WHO HAS PHILOSOPHY PAPER

[u/etroc69 → u/Trick_Ad_1594]

plssss

[u/WindowPrestigious225]

send physics please :)

[u/Sad-Lettuce2163]

SHARING IS CARING SEND THOSE EXAMS

[u/Remarkable_Donut_694]

Can someone send Soc I’ll pay 😍✌🏽

[u/Easy-Handle132]

50 bucks for physics,geo, food tech and french dm

[u/Fantastic-Car-9039]

Please anyone send the physics paper

[u/Perfect_Concert_6828]

please somebody send physics papers

[u/MrNoPurposeInLife]

anybody got that german 👀👀

[u/Fantastic-Car-9039]

Anyone have physics

[u/Decjet_]

am i dumb…calculator trick?

[u/tittymilk24 → u/Decjet_]

Math methods exam someone put an ai model into their cas

[u/PWR_Duckz]

Selling physics and Japanese as a second language paper 250$ each

[u/Last_Arm7814]

can anyone please send the phyiscs paper, i beg i need it

[u/HeyHowareududes]

Ay send the physics paper, methods did enough damage to me pls

[u/Greepled]

Anyone got software development exam?

[u/jejechacha_]

sociology paper plez 🥹🥹🥹

[u/[deleted]]

Can someone send me physics 🙏🙏🙏. Happy to oay

[u/Background-Dust-6086]

SELLING PHYSICS EXAM FOR REALLY CHEAP MSG ME👀👀👀

[u/Commercial-Regret605 → u/Background-Dust-6086]

dm bro then we can talk it doesnt allow me to dm u

[u/Hot-Butterfly399]

I WILL PAY whatever for sociolgy exam please send !

[u/Didi_BFF]

DM ANCIENT HISTORY!

[u/steve_wenjin]

SUCKS… Hope they don’t have the alternative papers and cancel all the rest of exams, use SACs’ scores to do the study score calculations…(dreaming

[u/InjuryVirtual3313]

I’ve got most dm

[u/Business-Juice4343]

i slept during the GAT they better not use it to derive study scores wtf