Multiple Canadian school boards, including Calgary Board of Education and Rocky View Schools, were impacted by a data breach of the PowerSchool student information system. The breach occured on December 28, 2024, and while the extent of the information accessed is unclear, officials assure that financial data was not compromised. Investigations are ongoing.
Rocky View Schools said Jan. 9, 2025, that it was among the many Canadian school boards affected by a data breach of its student information system. The Calgary Board of Education and Rocky View Schools (RVS) said Thursday they were among the many school boards affected by a data breach of a student information system utilized by staff, students and parents.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News App On Jan.
7, PowerSchool informed RVS, the public school division that serves students to the west, north and east of Calgary, that its systems were breached on Dec. 28, 2024 by an 'unauthorized party.' '(The group) gained access to certain PowerSchool student information system demographic data using one of their corporate support credentials which became compromised,' RVS Supt. Greg Luterbach wrote in a letter to parents on Thursday. Luterbach said the company has employed a third-party security response team to investigate the incident. 'They believe it is contained but they may have obtained some of RVS's student and staff data,' he said. PowerSchool is a third-party company that provides a cloud-based student information system used by many school divisions in Canada, the U.S. and internationally. Luterbach said there is no information about the extent of the breach and how much personal information was accessed, but assured RVS parents that no financial information was stored in PowerSchool. 'Since we were notified, we have been working to gather additional information from PowerSchool on their investigation and our technology team has been conducting our own investigation,' he said. 'We understand the concern this will cause for many of our families and staff, and we assure all those impacted by this situation RVS is taking this very seriously. PowerSchool has committed to sharing more detailed information with us when they have it. We will communicate new information to families and staff as quickly as possible when we know more.'The Calgary Board of Education (CBE), in a statement to CTV News said it, too, was informed of the breach on Jan. 7. Since then, it took steps to limit access to the system and is investigating to determine how much information was accessed and how to proceed. 'PowerSchool has assured us that the incident is contained and that they’ve strengthened their security measures,' the CBE said. 'PowerSchool has also notified law enforcement, locked down its system, and changed all passwords.
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