Two people have been arrested after a cyber attack on a chain of London nurseries saw the data of thousands of nursery-age children stolen.

Kido International, a nursery chain with 18 sites in London and more in the US and India, was held to ransom by hackers last month.

Hackers told the BBC in September that they have the names, addresses and photographs of thousands of nursery-age children as well as the details of their parents and guardians.

Some profiles were posted on the hacking group’s website on the dark web, a shady corner of the internet inaccessible to most web browsers, though they were later deleted. Two men, aged 17 and 22, were arrested today in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, on suspicion of computer misuse and blackmail.

The pair remain in custody, the force said t

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