Scholar data for many who attended Toronto District College Board way back to 1985 could have been compromised by a cyber incident that occurred in December 2024.
On Jan. 8, the TDSB despatched a letter to folks explaining the incident involving the PowerSchool software program, which is utilized by many boards throughout North America. The info breach occurred between Dec. 22-28, 2024.
The Peel and York Area public boards had been additionally amongst these impacted.
“Our cybersecurity team promptly activated our response plan, taking immediate steps to ensure that our critical systems remain operational,” the TDSB’s Interim Director of Schooling, Stacey Zucker, wrote within the letter.
For college kids between September 3, 1985 and August 31, 2017, the next data was compromised:
First, Center & Final Names
Date of Delivery
Gender
Well being Card Quantity
Ontario Schooling Quantity • Residence Addresses
Residence Telephone Numbers
TDSB Scholar Quantity
TDSB Electronic mail Handle
First Nations, Métis, Inuit Data
For college kids between September 1, 2017 and December 28, 2024, the next data was compromised:
First, Center & Final Names
Date of Delivery
Gender
Well being Card Quantity
Grade Stage and College Data
Begin/Finish Date as a Scholar
Ontario Schooling Quantity
EQAO Lodging Data
Medical Data (ie. allergy symptoms, situations, accidents)
Residence Addresses
Residence Telephone Numbers
TDSB Scholar Quantity
TDSB Electronic mail Handle
First Nations, Métis, Inuit Data
Residency Standing
Principal/Vice Principal Notes (together with self-discipline notes)
TDSB added they don’t retailer any Social Insurance coverage Numbers, monetary or banking data within the PowerSchool Scholar Data System, in order that data was not affected.
PowerSchool has additionally mentioned that they acquired affirmation that the info acquired by an unauthorized person has since been deleted and the info was not posted on-line.
The TDSB says it takes the incident very significantly and an investigation has been launched by the Privateness Commissioner of Ontario.
