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Mathspace confirmed last week that hackers had downloaded information on students, their parents or guardians, and school staff.
It comes as cybersecurity experts raise the alarm after back-to-back data breaches at two New Zealand companies, ZenTech and Thankyou Payroll.
In a special bulletin to school leaders, the ministry said the breach has impacted more than a million Mathspace users across New Zealand and Australia.
"We believe that the breach may have included private information, such as names and email addresses of students and teachers who have used the tool."
This article was aggregated automatically by CyberWire Daily's newsfeed engine. Original reporting: www.rnz.co.nz.
