Canadian School Boards Among Those Affected by Cyber Incident Involving Third Party

Canadian School Boards Among Those Affected by Cyber Incident Involving Third Party
A man uses a computer keyboard in Toronto in this Oct. 9, 2023 photo illustration. The Canadian Press/Graeme Roy
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School boards in multiple provinces have been affected by a data breach involving software used by schools across North America to store student information.

Ontario’s Toronto, Peel and Durham district school boards issued similarly worded notices about a “cyber incident” targeting PowerSchool, a third-party application that’s also used to store some school-based staff information.