The PowerSchool data breach has impacted school boards across North America, with Canada's largest saying about 1.49 million students dating back to 1985 were impacted.
Nearly 1.5 million students — both current and former — at Canada ’s largest school board are among those who have been impacted by the“I can confirm approximately 1.49 million TDSB students were impacted,” said Emma Moynihan, communications adviser for the school board.Global News has not independently confirmed the numbers reported by BleepingComputer, which allege the data of more than 62 million students and 9.5 million teachers across North America were impacted.
The school board told Global News that while it did not have total numbers for staff impacted, it said first, middle and last names, employee numbers and TDSB email addresses of some staff were impacted. He said his office is working to obtain more information about the breach and also provide PowerSchool information about its breach response and reporting requirements under Canada’s privacy regulations.
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