PowerSchool hacker claims they stole data of 62 million students
The hacker who breached education tech giant PowerSchool claimed in an extortion demand that they stole the personal data of ...
More than 70 million students and teachers had their personal data stolen in PowerSchool breach
As reported by BleepingComputer, the personal data of 62.4 million students and 9.5 million teachers was exposed during the ...
What PowerSchool isn’t saying about its ‘massive’ student data breach
The hack has the potential to be one of the biggest of the year, but the edtech giant is refusing to answer important ...
Cyberattack affecting school boards across Canada may involve decades of data. What can families do?
The scope of the PowerSchool data breach impacting school boards across the country is widening, with some boards revealing it may involve student data dating back decades. Still, experts say there ...
Mercyhurst Prep, Penncrest among schools whose data may have been breached in cyberattack
Harbor Creek and Fairview school districts, Mercyhurst Preparatory School and the Saegertown-based Penncrest School District ...
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Ottawa Catholic School Board students' information accessed in data breach
The OCSB uses PowerSchool, a student information system provider that was the target of the breach. The U.S.-based company ...
Cyberattacks on education sector likely to increase unless student data is protected, experts say
The education sector has become a favourite target for cybercriminals in recent years, with ransomware attacks often costing ...
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Family, educator data compromised
PowerSchool, which handles data on student academics, was the target of a cyberattack. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are currently a subscriber, click here to access the E-Edition ...
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Extensive data breach at UCDSB
A cyber attack in early January has resulted in an extensive data breach at the region’s largest school board. Administration at the Upper Canada District School Board announced ...
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Extensive data breach at Upper Canada DSB
A cyber attack in early January has resulted in an extensive data breach at the region’s largest school board.
School boards say they can’t track former students in cybersecurity breach
Ontario school boards hit by a massive data breach say they have no way of tracking down students — some from as far back as ...
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UCDSB discloses extensive data breach from Jan. 5 cyber attack
On Jan. 5, a cyber attack resulted in the shutdown of all internet services at the board. Until now, the board has said it ...