Student information for those who attended Toronto District School Board as far back as 1985 may have been compromised by a cyber incident that happen

Student information dating back to 1985 may have been accessed in TDSB cyber incident

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2025-01-21 03:30:04

Student information for those who attended Toronto District School Board as far back as 1985 may have been compromised by a cyber incident that happened in December 2024.

On Jan. 8, the TDSB sent a letter to parents explaining the incident involving the PowerSchool software, which is used by many boards across North America. The data breach happened between Dec. 22-28, 2024.

“Our cybersecurity team promptly activated our response plan, taking immediate steps to ensure that our critical systems remain operational,” the TDSB’s Interim Director of Education, Stacey Zucker, wrote in the letter.

TDSB added they don’t store any Social Insurance Numbers, financial or banking information in the PowerSchool Student Information System, so that information was not affected.

PowerSchool has also said that they received confirmation that the data acquired by an unauthorized user has since been deleted and the data was not posted online.