Mathspace breach exposes data of over 1 million users in Australia, New Zealand

Mathspace, an online maths learning platform used in thousands of schools, revealed that hackers breached its self-hosted Metabase reporting tool and stole personal data on students, parents, guardians and staff. The company said attackers first gained access on August 10, extracted data on August 27, and the breach was confirmed on September 3, affecting 1,079,819 people in Australia and New Zealand. Mathspace stated that passwords, academic records and authentication credentials were not compromised.