Direction générale de l'enseignement postobligatoire
Lausanne, Switzerland1 source
Confirmed:Confirmed by the organisation, a regulator or a securities filing. First reported 30 Oct 2026.
Swiss DGEP data theft exposes 38k students and 3.5k teachers
Names and school email addresses of around 38,000 students and 3,500 teachers, as well as support requests, were copied from an IT support platform. Authorities said grades and passwords were not affected.
- Type
- Data breach
- Sector
- Education
- Records
- 41.5K records confirmed
- First reported
- 30 Oct 2026
- Latest source
- 30 Oct 2026
What to do
- If you have an account, change that password, and anywhere you reused it.
- Turn on two-factor authentication, ideally an authenticator app or passkey, not SMS.
- Expect phishing that uses your real details. Do not click links in messages about this incident; go to the company's site directly.
- If payment cards were involved, watch statements and ask your bank for a new card.
- If government ID or social security numbers were involved, consider a credit freeze.
- If this is a vendor of yours, ask what of your data they held and whether it was in scope.
- Reset any API keys, SSO trusts or shared credentials you have with them.
- Brief your help desk: attackers often impersonate the breached brand next.
Not sure? Ask an assistant with the sources attached, or have a coding agent check your systems.
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Sources
1Confidence 70% that this is real and correctly placed. Locations are city centroids at best. Spotted an error? Report a correction.