British Columbia higher education application portal hit by data breach

EducationPlannerBC, the application portal for public post-secondary institutions in Canada's British Columbia, said it became aware of a security incident affecting its application system on 3 November 2026. It explained that an attacker had gained unauthorised access to some applicant information, including names, contact details and gender, but had not accessed social insurance numbers or banking and financial information. The number of people affected has not been disclosed, and the portal has been offline for more than a week while it works with universities to reduce the impact on applicants.