{"id":871696,"date":"2026-04-04T14:22:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T14:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/871696\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T14:22:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T14:22:20","slug":"education-authority-making-positive-progress-following-cyber-attack-on-northern-ireland-schools-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/871696\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Authority making \u2018positive progress\u2019 following cyber attack on Northern Ireland schools \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Education Authority is making \u201cpositive progress\u201d towards restoring access to the C2K system, following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/investigation-underway-as-northern-ireland-schools-it-system-targeted-in-cyber-attack-CQ4RK3XUO5GPNC37UPRPH673KM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/investigation-underway-as-northern-ireland-schools-it-system-targeted-in-cyber-attack-CQ4RK3XUO5GPNC37UPRPH673KM\/\">a cyber attack on Thursday<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The system, which is managed by Capita, provides all the IT and online resources for schools across Northern Ireland. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The attack has left thousands of GCSE and A-Level students unable to access revision materials over the Easter break. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In a statement released on Saturday, a spokesperson from the Education Authority said that staff had been working \u201caround the clock to rapidly develop and test a safe and secure solution\u201c. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/legal-team-withdraws-from-representing-belfast-man-in-multi-million-dollar-us-fraud-case-SW7WM7NYVVBYDGJDY7PJL2NEQ4\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Legal team withdraws from representing Belfast man in multi-million dollar US fraud case\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775312538_266_6Z5BSW34Z5G6HFDQHO7E3ANJHU.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/mo-chara-court-case-live-kneecap-rapper-to-find-out-if-terror-charge-will-be-thrown-out-BV3HTFOTE5AQVIFZW5E4OXBNR4\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Mo Chara court case LIVE: Kneecap rapper terror charge thrown out after &#x2018;technical error&#x2019;\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775312539_578_LS75QCFJNRDEPK5NYYT3NROWEE.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe have started to roll this out in schools, with initial priority given to post primary schools and pupils in exam years. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are receiving grades to help them decide whether to progress to university, an apprenticeship or work\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EXDHT3753FPRTDZEQJFDNFGLV4.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"509\"\/>PHOTO: David Davies (David Davies\/PA) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWork will continue over the weekend and Easter period to restore access across the estate. Details of arrangements will be communicated to pupils by their school as soon as possible. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe apologise for the unavoidable disruption, but would reassure users, this essential security measure was taken to maintain the integrity of the system and safety of all users. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">On Thursday the EA had informed schools of a potential IT issue, and administered a password reset, logging students out of the system and unable to access revision material provided by their teachers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The statement continued: \u201cWe will continue to keep schools, parents\/carers and pupils updated via EA website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eani.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Education Authority<\/a> and our social media channels.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Education Authority is making \u201cpositive progress\u201d towards restoring access to the C2K system, following a cyber attack&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":871697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5011],"tags":[13311,110004,247404,1144,16,15],"class_list":["post-871696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-northern-ireland","tag-cyber-attacks","tag-education-authority","tag-exams","tag-northern-ireland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116346889931981861","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=871696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/871697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}