Northern Ireland\u2019s Education Authority (EA) has said it is \u201cmaking positive progress\u201d following a cyber attack.<\/p>\n
An IT system used by pupils was impacted and the EA apologised for the impact on those who may be preparing for exams over the Easter break.<\/p>\n
The C2K school system, provided by Capita, is used as a curriculum support.<\/p>\n
We 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
Education Authority spokesperson<\/p>\n
In a statement on Saturday, an EA spokesperson said it is continuing to engage with Capita to minimise the impact on staff and pupils.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are making positive progress towards restoring access to the schools\u2019 C2K system,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEA 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
\u201cWe have started to roll this out in schools, with initial priority given to post primary schools and pupils in exam years.\u201d<\/p>\n
EA officials said work will continue over the weekend and Easter period to restore access.<\/p>\n
\u201cDetails of arrangements will be communicated to pupils by their school as soon as possible,\u201d they said.<\/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
\u201cEA would like to thank schools and partners for their support as we continue to monitor progress over coming days.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will continue to keep schools, parents\/carers and pupils updated via EA website Education Authority and our social media channels.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Northern Ireland\u2019s Education Authority (EA) has said it is \u201cmaking positive progress\u201d following a cyber attack. An IT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-382577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}