Mathspace

Profile narrative

Mathspace is an Australian education technology company that develops and operates an adaptive mathematics learning platform designed for primary and secondary school students. The platform combines digital textbook content with interactive exercises that adjust in real time to each learner's proficiency, providing step-by-step feedback and hints as students work through problems. Teachers use the system to assign curriculum-aligned tasks, monitor individual and class progress, and identify knowledge gaps through detailed analytics dashboards. The service is delivered via web and mobile applications and integrates with common school single sign-on and learning management systems.

Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Sydney, Mathspace serves schools across Australia and New Zealand as well as a growing number of international markets including the United States and the United Kingdom. The company's reporting database, which was the subject of a 2026 security incident, contained records for approximately 1.08 million individuals encompassing students, parents or guardians, school staff, and the company's own employees across the Australia–New Zealand region. This footprint reflects adoption by a significant portion of the Australian school sector, where the platform is mapped to multiple state and national mathematics curricula.

A distinguishing attribute of Mathspace is its emphasis on formative assessment through continuous, granular interaction data rather than relying solely on summative test scores. The engine captures each step a student takes in solving a problem, enabling the adaptive algorithm to diagnose misconceptions at a fine-grained level and to surface targeted remediation. This pedagogical approach has positioned the company as a specialist in mathematics instruction within the broader edtech landscape, differentiating it from general-purpose learning management systems or content repositories that lack subject-specific adaptive logic.

Mathspace operates as a privately held company; its founding team includes Mohamad Jebara, who has served as chief executive since inception. The organisation maintains development and support operations in Australia and has expanded its sales and curriculum alignment teams to address overseas jurisdictions. An unauthorised party exploited an unpatched vulnerability in a self-hosted Metabase business intelligence instance on 10 August 2026, accessing the Australian reporting database and downloading names, email addresses, user types, account activity timestamps, and date-joined records. Passwords, single sign-on tokens, academic results, and payment details were not compromised, and the data has not been observed published or traded. The company disclosed the breach after a roughly three-week remediation window, notified regulators, and commenced individual notifications to affected families and schools.

Incidents

1 incident linked to this organisation.