WATCH: PowerSchool breach leaves student data exposed — Catalyst’s Charles Finlay weighs in
On Wednesday, May 7, the Toronto District School Board notified parents that their children’s personal information — stolen in the PowerSchool data breach last December — was never deleted, even though a ransom was paid to hackers. Millions of student records remain exposed, and cybersecurity experts are warning families and school officials to stay alert. […]
Southwestern Ontario hospital cyberattack cost organizations $7.5M
The following first appeared in CBC News on August 30, 2024. A ransomware attack that forced critical systems at five southwestern Ontario hospitals offline for weeks last year has cost those organizations upwards of $7.5 million. The October 23 cyberattack compromised private records of hundreds of thousands of employees and patients when hackers gained access to the organizations’ […]
