London Catholic school board says student, staff info compromised in widespread cyber attack [Video]

The Catholic school board in the London area says the personal information of students and some staff has been exposed in a cyber attack that has impacted schools across the country.

The data breach involved PowerSchool, an application used to store a range of student information and some information about school-based staff. The company told school boards about the incident on Tuesday, noting the breach happened between Dec. 22 to 28, 2024.

The London District Catholic School Board (LDCSB) said Friday that an investigation has found its data was compromised, but said it has not been shared.

“PowerSchool has informed the LDCSB that it has received confirmation that the data accessed by an unauthorized user has been deleted and that no copies of this data were posted online,” spokesperson Mark Adkinson said, adding that social insurance numbers and banking information is not stored in the system.

The Thames Valley District …