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Central Okanagan Public Schools continues to investigate Gmail account breach
The district said the compromised accounts sent about 3,000 phishing emails, and investigators are interviewing users to determine how the breach happened.
- On Friday, Oct. 30, the Central Okanagan School District suspended Gmail access for all students and staff due to a confirmed account security breach.
- Four district accounts were compromised and used to send approximately 3,000 phishing emails containing a deceptive link to a job application form to SD23 Gmail users.
- Following standard breach protocols, the district's cybersecurity team shut down system access and notified the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia.
- On Monday, communications advisor Justin Schneider confirmed that the district is currently interviewing affected users to determine how their accounts were compromised.
- Coinciding with Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the Nelson Police are reminding residents to stay safe online following the incident.
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Personal information belonging to students in B.C.'s Okanagan region has been compromised following a phishing email sent to students last week, according to district officials.On Friday morning, the Central Okanagan School District sent an email to families alerting them to a cybersecurity breach impacting student and staff email accounts.It said district email addresses and first […] Thank you for subscribing to our RSS feed!
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