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<\/p>\nThe IT system was the target of a cyber attack on Friday with the EA carrying out a full password reset as a security measure in response<\/p>\n
Stock image of a computer IT suite in a school<\/p>\n
The Education Authority says positive steps have been made towards restoring access after an IT system used by pupils in Northern Ireland was hit by a cyber attack.<\/p>\n
The IT system was the target of a cyber attack on Friday, April 3,<\/a> with the EA carrying out a full password reset as a security measure in response.<\/p>\n The C2K school system, provided by Capita, is used as a curriculum support.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Education Authority gives update following cyber attack on important IT system<\/a>READ MORE: Education Authority statement as NI school systems targeted by cyber attack<\/a><\/p>\n The Education Authority <\/a>(EA) said it was taking the incident \u201cvery seriously\u201d and apologised for the impact on pupils who may be preparing for exams over the Easter <\/a>break.<\/p>\n It said that user passwords are being reset over the weekend, with priority given to students at post-primary schools <\/a>who are due to sit exams.<\/p>\n In an update on Saturday afternoon, a spokesperson for the EA said: \u201cEA continues to engage with the C2K system provider, Capita, to minimise the impact on staff and pupils, following a recent cyber-attack.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are making positive progress towards restoring access to the schools\u2019 C2K system.<\/p>\n “EA teams, along with the service provider Capita and colleagues in schools, have worked around the clock to rapidly develop and test a safe and secure solution.<\/p>\n “We have started to roll this out in schools, with initial priority given to post primary schools and pupils in exam years.<\/p>\n “Work will continue over the weekend and Easter<\/a> period to restore access across the estate. Details of arrangements will be communicated to pupils by their school as soon as possible.<\/p>\n \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 “EA would like to thank schools and partners for their support as we continue monitor progress over coming days. We will continue to keep schools, parents\/carers and pupils updated via EA website Education Authority<\/a> and our social media channels.\u201d<\/p>\n For all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage <\/strong>here<\/a> <\/strong>and <\/strong>sign up to our daily newsletter<\/a> <\/strong>here.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The IT system was the target of a cyber attack on Friday with the EA carrying out a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":873065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5011],"tags":[3751,110004,1144,857,16,15],"class_list":["post-873064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-northern-ireland","tag-easter","tag-education-authority","tag-northern-ireland","tag-schools","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116350456646368967","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873064","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=873064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}