The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) told parents and staff on Wednesday that it was sent an extortion letter even after a hacker was paid off by the ed tech giant PowerSchool to prevent the leak of sensitive data. TDSB has told parents and staff that the types of information stored in the breached system includes names, dates of birth, health care numbers, special ed accommodations, medical information, residency status, disciplinary notes and home and email addresses, according to its web page. A source familiar with the investigation who is not authorized to speak publicly about the new extortion demands on Wednesday told Recorded Future News that four school boards have recently been contacted with individual solicitations for ransom payments. After paying the hacker a ransom, PowerSchool previously said it believed the incident had been “contained” because the hacker turned over a video showing the data being deleted. In a previous communication to parents, the school board revealed that personal data going back to 1985 had potentially been breached. The hacked medical information may include any disorders parents made schools aware of when enrolling their child, TDSB has said. Last August, TDSB revealed that it had been hit with a separate ransomware in June which involved student data.
This Cyber News was published on therecord.media. Publication date: Thu, 08 May 2025 17:20:07 +0000