21 January 2021, 9:05 pm EST By Government Given Laptops Found to Have Russian-Linked Viruses ( Screenshot From Pxhere Official Website ) Schools all around the UK have recently found out that the laptops that were given by the government actually arrived with certain viruses on them. These viruses were linked to servers over in Russia which then raised concerns that the hackers could in fact steal students' vulnerable data. Russian hackers According to the story by Telegraph, Employees over at the Bradford school had received a number of laptops aimed to help vulnerable students be able to study at home. An online forum then suggested that these machines actually contain malware that was installed by hackers.