The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) revealed it received an extortion threat following a data breach linked to PowerSchool’s December hack, which impacted over 6,500 schools. The incident involves demands for ransom despite previous assurances that stolen data had been deleted, raising concerns about ongoing threats to sensitive school data. (Affected: Toronto District School Board)
Keypoints :
- The TDSB received a threat from hackers demanding ransom after a past data breach connected to PowerSchool’s December 2024 incident.
- PowerSchool paid a ransom to hackers in December, believing the incident was contained after data deletion claims, which now appear unverified.
- The breach potentially exposed personal data of students and staff dating back to 1985, including medical, residency, and disciplinary information.
- Several school boards have been contacted with similar ransom demands recently, indicating a broader targeted extortion effort.
- PowerSchool expressed regret over these developments but did not comment specifically on the Toronto incident.
- The TDSB is collaborating with law enforcement, PowerSchool, and the Ontario Privacy Commissioner to support affected individuals.
- Previously, TDSB was targeted by another ransomware attack in June involving the LockBit gang, which demanded ransom payment.
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