Canada’s largest school board says it has received a ransom demand over student data that was stolen last December, even though the company behind the affected software paid ransom in hopes of securing that information.
The Toronto District School Board said in a letter to parents and caregivers on Wednesday that it recently learned the data was not destroyed and that a “threat actor” has demanded ransom.
PowerSchool, the United States-based software company that provides the student information system to schools across North America, confirmed Wednesday that it paid a ransom after the December 2024 breach, in hopes of preventing public release of the stolen data….