PowerSchool data breach: Canadian school boards deal with aftermath [Video]

School boards across Canada are grappling with the fallout from a significant cyberattack on PowerSchool, a widely used administration software platform.

The breach, affecting school boards in six provinces, may have compromised sensitive personal information of students including names, addresses, health card numbers and medical details.

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The U.S-based company said unauthorized access to its system occurred between Dec. 19 and 23, 2024, and involved “limited student and staff data.”

PowerSchool informed school districts this week that hackers infiltrated its systems using a compromised credential to gain access to one of their portals: PowerSource, a spokesperson told CTVNewsToronto.ca in an email.

PowerSchool claims that the compromised data has since been deleted and they have deactivated the compromised credential and tightened password and access control for all accounts, according to the statement.

What was targeted?

The breach potentially exposed data …