The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board has sent letters to students and former students informing them their personal information was compromised in a cyber attack that was first announced on Dec. 15, 2022. The attack initially took down the board’s website, as well as telephones, public address systems, and email for all board sites.
The Sault Star reported Tuesday that director of education Danny Viotto and board chair Gary Trembinski signed the notification, apologizing and informing student recipients that information stolen included date of birth, Ontario Education Number, Student Performance Information (other than report cards), citizenship status, country of birth and other immigration related information.
According to the Star, the letter said, “The cyber criminals have communicated that the data they accessed has been deleted. We have no reason to believe that the cyber criminals have kept or misused the data in any way, through if you have reason to believe otherwise, please let us know right away.”