A major college admissions test was just canceled 'in an entire country' for the first time

The ACT college examination was canceled in South Korea and Hong Kong, China last weekend due to suspected cheating, The New York Times reported.

"ACT received credible evidence of the breach on Friday, June 10, and made the decision to cancel the test centers soon after," Edward R. Colby, a spokesman for ACT, told The Times.

"This is the first known cancellation of an ACT test administration in an entire country," he continued.

The breach, related to leaked testing materials, impacted 5,500 students at 56 test centers in the two countries, according to The Times. The test was canceled mere hours before students were set to take the exam.

The exam will not be rescheduled, and students will have to wait until September to take it, according to The Washington Post.

The ACT acknowledged that this will impact students who were currently under college admissions deadlines.

"If you are facing college application deadlines, you may provide a copy of this message to colleges to which you applied as verification that you were registered for the June 11, 2016, test date," The ACT said in a statement, which was printed in full by The Washington Post.

Read the full ACT statement below:

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