deltatux May 7, 2025
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

#infosec #PowerSchool #PowerSchoolHack #ransom #TDSB #YRDSB #PDSB #Toronto #YorkRegion #PeelRegion #Ontario #Canada
Student data obtained in a cyberattack on GTA school boards was supposed to be destroyed. It wasn’t

TDSB tells parents that PowerSchool “confirmed that they have paid a ransom in an attempt to secure deletion” but now there’s a new ransom demand.

Toronto Star
Show threadGGSep 13, 2023

Less than a day after the story broke, #Ontario Minister of Education, Stephen Lecce, has blamed Peel District School Board for "misinterpreting" his equity-based book weeding directive and ordered #PDSB to immediately end book banning practices in school libraries.

Too late. #Lecce
The banned books have been discarded.

#onpoli #ontario #DougFord #OntED #bill98

GGSep 13, 2023

Anne Frank's Diary
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Harry Potter
The Hunger Games
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Just some of the books removed from Peel District School Board #PDSB shelves under an "equity-based" selection process; a new provincial directive from the #Ontario Minister of Education, Stephen Lecce.

#bill98 #onpoli #DougFord #lecce #conservatives #OntED
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/peel-school-board-library-book-weeding-1.6964332

'Empty shelves with absolutely no books': Students, parents question school board's library weeding process | CBC News

Several Peel District School Board students, parents and community members are concerned about a seemingly inconsistent approach to a new book weeding process intended to ensure school library books are inclusive, but that appears to have led some schools to remove thousands of books published in 2008 or earlier.

CBC
GGSep 9, 2023

An #Ontario school trustee responds to Premier Ford's inflammatory remarks spoken this evening in #Kitchener.

"It's alarming to hear the Premier of Ontario feed into the disinformation that educators and school boards are ‘indoctrinating’ children.

If the Premier is unclear about what happens in schools and boards, I’d invite him to learn about one of his largest files."
- Jill Promoli. #PDSB trustee

#onted #onpoli #lgbtq #toronto #cdnpoli #DougFord
https://jillpromoli.ca/

Jill Promoli – English Public Trustee – Mississauga Wards 6 & 11

Peter V. Tretter ✅ 🇨🇦May 27, 2023
Some Ontario school boards are limiting access to public meetings. It's a complex issue — here's why | CBC News https://bit.ly/438mGm7 #DDSB #YCDSB #PDSB #OntarioSchoolBoards #OpenMeetings #OSTA #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli
Some Ontario school boards are limiting access to public meetings. It's a complex issue — here's why | CBC News

Critics say boards need to distinguish between hateful rhetoric and genuine community concern over controversial trustee decisions, and ensure the safety of board members, staff and the community doesn't come at the expense of accountability or transparency.

CBC
Show threadNCCM🟩Feb 28, 2023

Make sure to watch the whole interview!

https://www.tvo.org/video/is-the-peel-school-board-ready-to-lead

| #Islamophobia #TVO #Peel #PDSB #PeelDistrictSchoolBoard #ONpoli #Ontario

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NCCM🟩Jan 27, 2023

Thank you Stephen Lecce for your leadership and in helping bring the PDSB's anti-Islamophobia strategy into reality.

Hate poses a danger to us all.

We look forward to working with all parties involved toward implementation.

| #PDSB #PeelDistrictSchoolBoard #Islamophobia #StephenLecce #ONpoli

Show threadNCCM🟩Jan 27, 2023

“We’re really hoping that other boards take note.”

Khan, the manager of education programs at the NCCM,

said community partners will work “very closely” with the board to ensure it is implemented.

“Everyone is very excited but we’re also mindful that we need to continue to work to ensure that this does come to fruition."'

| #NCCM #PDSB #PeelDistrictSchoolBoard

NCCM🟩Jan 27, 2023

Peel school board takes ‘historic’ step to dismantling Islamophobia

(Toronto Star)

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2023/01/26/peel-school-board-takes-historic-step-to-dismantling-islamophobia.html

| #Islamophobia #PDSB #PeelDistrictSchoolBoard #PeelRegion

Peel school board takes ‘historic’ step to dismantling Islamophobia

PDSB plan to combat Islamophobia hailed as a first for a school board in Canada.

thestar.com
Peter V. Tretter ✅ 🇨🇦Jan 27, 2023
Peel's public school board becomes 1st in Canada to adopt anti-Islamophobia strategy | CBC News
https://bit.ly/3j54TKW #ontedu
#PDSB
#slamophobia
#PeelSchools
#PeelRegion
#onpoli
@onpoli
Peel's public school board becomes 1st in Canada to adopt anti-Islamophobia strategy | CBC News

The Peel District School Board is the first in Canada to adopt a strategy aimed at dismantling Islamophobia and affirming the identity of Muslims students, who comprise the largest reported faith-based identity at the board — about a quarter of its student population.

CBC