2026 Equipple — school-app data leak; parent and pupil contacts
Data compromised
School emails seen by BBC NI: parent/carer telephone, home address and email; pupil name, date of birth and registration group. Access described as a very short period. The app is used by almost 50,000 people; that is the user base, not a confirmed unique-people leak census. recordsAffected 0. Referred to the Education Authority information-governance team.
Technical writeup
Company statement to BBC News NI, published 8 November 2026. Keep separate from northern-ireland-ea-c2k2026.
Root cause
Equipple, a Northern Ireland parent-teacher meeting app, found unauthorised access to part of its cloud environment. It says it secured the systems, brought in independent specialists, and told schools immediately. Investigation continues. Separate from the April 2026 Education Authority C2k network attack.