A new report from the Office of the Saskatchewan Privacy Commissioner is shedding some light on a 2024 cyberattack incident that compromised Prairie Spirit School division data.

In late 2024, schools across the country experienced a cyberattack that targeted a longstanding program widely used among school staff.

Read more: • Prairie Spirit School division data impacted after cybersecurity incident • Record ransomware payment and breach affected thousands in Sask. • Canadian school boards among those affected by cyber incident involving third party

PowerSchool is an online program that is used by school divisions to help manage and organize student data such as grades and attendance records and is even used to help facilitate communications between educators, parents, and students.

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