PowerSchool breach: 40 years of Toronto school board student data stolen
SpilloverSpillover from the PowerSchool incident · View original incident →Forty years' worth of Toronto District School Board student data was stolen in the PowerSchool breach. The school board disclosed the incident.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Toronto District School Board
- Original incident
- PowerSchool hack leaks student and staff personal data
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- 40 years' worth of student data
- Cause / method
- PowerSchool breach
- Location
- Canada
If your data was exposed
- Don’t tap links in texts, calls or emails that mention this incident and offer compensation, refunds or breach checks. Check directly on the organization’s official website or app.
Timeline
- It emerged that 40 years' worth of Toronto District School Board student data had been stolen in the PowerSchool breach.
Original incident
This is spillover from the PowerSchool incident.
PowerSchool hack leaks student and staff personal data
62MImpact: Leak of student and staff personal data; the attacker claimed to have stolen data on 62 million students
Education technology company PowerSchool was hacked, leaking personal data of students and staff at North American schools. The attacker claimed to have stolen data on 62 million students, and PowerSchool paid the hacker, but school districts were later hit with further extortion demands. A US college student involved in the case pleaded guilty and was later sentenced to federal prison.
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Impact: Student information leaked
The Toronto District School Board was hit by a ransomware attack in June 2024. The board said its systems were operational after the attack, but later confirmed that student information had been stolen. Ransomware gang LockBit claimed responsibility for the breach.
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