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Did the SMART (Student Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting Tool) automatically generate an alert when the affected trial login credentials accessed live student records; if not, why was access by trial credentials to live student records not detected as suspicious or unauthorised activity; if an alert(s) was generated, on what date was it generated, when was it reviewed, and what action followed?

Answered Question 33836 (2026)
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Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

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  • Did the SMART (Student Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting Tool) automatically generate an alert when the affected trial login credentials accessed live student records; if not, why was access by trial credentials to live student records not detected as suspicious or unauthorised activity; if an alert(s) was generated, on what date was it generated, when was it reviewed, and what action followed?

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Hon Erica Stanford

Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Minister of Education

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I am advised by the Ministry of Education that no alert was generated as the access came from legitimate users with authorised accounts which had previously been allocated trial access.