If you were a student or staff member with Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board in the last decade and a half, hackers may have accessed your address, phone number and social insurance number (SIN). Last month, the board notified parents it was part of a widespread data breach affecting dozens of school boards […]
Read MoreSchool divisions in central Alberta are coping with a huge headache related to cybercrime: what appears to be a massive ransomeware attack against computer company PowerSchool that’s affected students and teachers across North America. PowerSchool notified hundreds of schools and school divisions across North America Jan. 7 that it’s cloud-based storage system had been hacked; […]
Read MoreKEMPTVILLE – A recent rash of cyberattacks and data breaches have impacted school boards across a number of jurisdictions since Christmas, but the local English-Catholic board is not one of those affected. Officials with the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario confirmed that it is not affected by the recent PowerSchool Inc. breach, or […]
Read MoreBROCKVILLE – A cyberattack 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 in an update on the ongoing internet issues at the board that an extensive data breach has been discovered. Students who enrolled or attended a UCDSB […]
Read MoreOne year after AI-generated nudes of underage students from Winnipeg sparked a Canada-wide conversation about sexual violence in the age of artificial intelligence, the school division at the centre of the scandal has come up with a new protocol. The Louis Riel School Division released guidelines for teachers and other staff members working in classrooms […]
Read MoreBROCKVILLE – 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 in an update on the ongoing internet issues at the board that an extensive data breach has been discovered. Students who enrolled or attended a […]
Read MoreIt turns out the cyber breach which recently affected some school boards across the country may have given unauthorized users access to student information. The Near North District School Board (NNDSB) is one of those boards. The data breach came through PowerSchool, a system many boards use to manage student information. On Jan. 9, the […]
Read MoreBROCKVILLE – A cyber attack that crippled the internet services for the region’s largest school board has no time line for restoration. As students at the Upper Canada District School Board’s 77 elementary and secondary schools returned to class after the Christmas Break, they found they had returned to classes without internet service. A cyber-attack […]
Read MoreNova Scotia’s Education Department has asked for help from IBM as it investigates a cybersecurity breach involving a student information system used across North America, saying the breach could have a financial impact on some former and current teachers and staff. The department issued a statement Saturday saying some social insurance numbers collected before 2010 […]
Read MoreSchool boards in multiple provinces have been affected by a data breach involving software used by schools across North America to store student information. Ontario’s Toronto, Peel and Durham district school boards issued similarly worded notices about a “cyber incident” targeting PowerSchool, a third-party application that’s also used to store some school-based staff information. The […]
Read More“While we are dealing with the disruption to international education domestically it may seem counterintuitive to work with our existing and new international partners,” president and chief executive officer Fred Meier wrote in a mass email to employees on Nov. 1. “However, now is perhaps the most important time to foster those relationships and showcase […]
Read MoreMADISON, Wis. (AP) — The shooter at a religious school in Wisconsin had two handguns with her but used only one in the attack that killed a teacher and a student and wounded six others, the city’s police chief said in an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday. Police were still investigating why the […]
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