PowerSchool, the cloud platform provider providing services to school boards across Canada & the US has confirmed that even though a ransom has been paid to the cybercriminals holding the data ransom & received assurances that the data was destroyed, the criminals have returned demanding for more money as they have not actually destroyed the data.
This unfortunately highlights the biggest risk when it comes to paying ransom for data destruction, threat actors can always come back demanding for more once they realize exactly how valuable the data is.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/student-data-obtained-in-a-cyberattack-on-gta-school-boards-was-supposed-to-be-destroyed/article_cf2901bb-3fcc-4f84-ad7b-32399076b7e5.html
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York Region District School Board has said they were a victim of a cyber incident. The school board has a student population of 128,000. The incident occurred on Nov 8. Upon learning of the incident, the school board's cybersecurity team took immediate mitigations, and has been working with third-party experts on the investigation. The school board has not released any details regarding the incident.
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https://www.itbusiness.ca/news/southern-ontario-school-board-acknowledges-cyber-incident/126826
York Region District School Board in #Ontario is dealing with a ranso ... oops, I mean a *cyber* incident. #YRDSB #ransomware
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