The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) announced a major data breach affecting students' records dating from September 1985 to December 2024. This incident potentially compromised sensitive information, including names, addresses, dates of birth, and phone numbers of past and present students. The breach was linked to a hacker attack on PowerSchool, the system used for managing student records. Although PowerSchool indicated that the hackers had claimed to delete the stolen data, the lack of concrete confirmation raises alarms for the school board, which serves around 240,000 students annually.
In its letter to parents, the Toronto District School Board revealed that hackers may have accessed student data dating back 40 years, including names and addresses.
The TDSB informed parents that the data breach could impact students enrolled from 1985 through 2024, jeopardizing sensitive personal information.
The school board indicated that despite claims of data deletion by the hackers, confirmation details provided by PowerSchool remain unclear.
With approximately 240,000 students annually enrolled, the TDSB's data breach raises significant concerns about data security and historical student privacy.
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