Hackers tried to sell Pembina Trails School Division student, staff info on dark web [Video]

Photos of valid passports, staff payroll information and credit card statements were among the nearly 1 million files uploaded onto the dark web after a recent ransomware attack by a hacker group on a south Winnipeg school division.

The Pembina Trails School Division was hit in December by a data breach carried out by a hacker group known as Rhysida, which stole personal information of students, teachers and families.

The division confirmed Friday the hacker group demanded a ransom to get the data back, but said it wasn’t paid. The group then advertised the sale of personal information and photos of students, teachers and staff going back to 2011 on the dark web — a part of the internet that can’t be accessed with a traditional web browser.

When no one bought the data, the group uploaded it online.

The data that was possibly exposed includes names, dates of birth, …