Overview

• Specialist officers searched residential properties in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, detaining males aged 17 and 22 on suspicion of computer misuse and blackmail.
• Both suspects remain in custody for questioning as the Metropolitan Police continue inquiries after an Action Fraud referral on 25 September.
• The case involves hackers who said they stole names, addresses and photographs linked to about 8,000 Kido children, with profiles of around 10 posted on a darknet site.
• Radiant has claimed responsibility and reportedly demanded a ransom, with The Times reporting a request for £100,000 in bitcoin; the group later told the BBC it deleted the data, a claim not verified by authorities.
• Kido told parents the breach involved data hosted via software provider Famly, which says its systems were not compromised, and technical investigations continue.