US EditionCanada’s privacy watchdog ‘concerned’ about students’ personal info after data breach
- Multiple schools in Lincoln, Lancaster County and elsewhere in Nebraska were affected by a global cybersecurity breach targeting personal information of students and staff at school districts.
- Waverly's District 145 and schools in the Catholic Diocese of Lincoln had student and staff information compromised in the breach involving PowerSchool.
- The Federal Privacy Commissioner, Philippe Dufresne, expressed concern about the breach and is seeking more information from PowerSchool regarding its impact.
- PowerSchool reported that the cybersecurity incident is contained and that it is taking steps to prevent further unauthorized access or misuse of the affected data.
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dailyguardian.caCyber incident at Ontario’s largest school board involves data going back to 1985
Software made by the company PowerSchool, which stores data for boards across the continent, was subject to a high-profile breach at the beginning of the year.
castanet.net
Prince George CitizenPrivacy czar concerned about students' personal info as scope of data breach revealed
The federal privacy watchdog says he's "concerned" about a cybersecurity breach involving a student information system used across Canada, as the country's largest school board revealed the scope of the data that may have been stolen last month. The Toronto District School Board to...
Canada’s Privacy Watchdog ‘Concerned’ About Students’ Personal Info After Data Breach
The federal privacy watchdog says he’s “concerned” about a data breach involving a student information system used across Canada, and his office is seeking more information from the U.S.-based company behind the targeted software. Privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne says his office is in touch with PowerSchool, which provides the affected platforms to schools across North America. Earlier this month, PowerSchool told school boards in Newfound…
Canada’s privacy watchdog ’concerned’ about students’ personal info after data breach
The federal privacy watchdog says he's "concerned" about a data breach involving a student information system used across Canada, and his office is seeking more information from the U.S.-based company behind the targeted software.
Winnipeg Free Press
Canada's privacy watchdog 'concerned' about students' personal info after data breach
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Catholic Diocese of Lincoln, Waverly, others hit by PowerSchool student info data breach
Waverly's District 145 and all schools in the Catholic Diocese of Lincoln had student and staff information compromised in the breach involving PowerSchool, a student information vendor.
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