PowerSchool hack: School boards face new ransom demands months after leak [Video]

Some Canadian school boards say they’ve been the target of ransom attempts in relation to the massive data breach of PowerSchool, which saw millions of current and former students across the country impacted.

In letters to families on Wednesday, the Toronto District School Board, Peel District School Board and Calgary Board of Education said they had been contacted by a “threat actor demanding a ransom.”

Each school board says PowerSchool is not reporting that new information has been accessed, and it’s believed the data being used for ransom is what was obtained in December 2024.

PowerSchool, the U.S.-based company that provides the student information system that was breached, said on Wednesday that it was aware that school boards and districts across North America had been contacted.

“We do not believe this is a new incident, as samples of data match the data previously stolen in December,” the company wrote. “We sincerely regret these developments – it pains us that our …