Cybersecurity breach of Nova Scotia school system could have financial impact [Video]

Nova Scotia’s Education Department says a recent cybersecurity breach involving a widely used student information system could have a financial impact on current and former teachers and staff in Cape Breton.

The department issued a statement Saturday saying an investigation into the breach of the PowerSchool system, used across North America, confirmed that some social insurance numbers collected before 2010 were included in data stolen during the breach.

As a result, the department says that about 250 current and former employees of the Cape Breton-Victoria Regional Centre for Education should monitor their bank accounts for irregular activity.

The department says the former and current staff members will be contacted by the provincial government about getting credit protection.

On Thursday, Nova Scotia officials said the security breach, first reported Wednesday, also affected schools in P.E.I. and Newfoundland.

In Ontario, district schools board in Toronto, Peel and Durham issued notices about a …