Cyber-attack on Canada's Burnaby School District steals pupil data
Canada's Burnaby School District suffered widespread operational disruption following a cyber-attack, and the theft of pupil data was confirmed. The attacker claimed that the pupil data was available to download on the dark web. The district also warned all staff of a data breach related to the attack.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Burnaby School District
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Theft of pupil data and widespread operational disruption, with a data breach warning issued to all staff
- Cause / method
- Cyber-attack
- Location
- Canada
If your data was exposed
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Timeline
- Widespread operational disruption and concerns about a data breach following a cyber-attack were reported.
- The district disclosed that pupil data had been stolen.
- The attacker claimed that the pupil data was available to download on the dark web.
- The district warned all staff of a data breach related to the cyber-attack.
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