Dear Wellington Catholic District School Board Staff and Families,
We are writing to share an important update about a cyber incident experienced by PowerSchool – the application used by Wellington Catholic DSB and many school boards across North America to store a range of student information and a limited amount of school-based staff information.
On Tuesday, January 7, 2025, PowerSchool notified Wellington Catholic DSB and other school boards in Ontario and across North America that they had experienced a data breach between December 22 - 28, 2024.
Our Cyber Incident Response Team promptly activated our response plan, taking immediate steps to ensure that our critical systems remain operational.
We are working with PowerSchool to thoroughly investigate the incident and determine its full scope. While PowerSchool has confirmed that the data accessed by an unauthorized user has been deleted and no copies of this data were posted online, we are continuing to assess the specific information that may have been accessed or exported from the application.
Out of an abundance of caution, we have notified the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario.
We are working with PowerSchool to learn more about what has occurred and will share further information once it has been received.
We understand that you may have questions as a result of this news, however, given the ongoing investigation into this occurrence, we do not yet have more information to share at this time.
We will continue to update staff and our Wellington Catholic DSB community as more information becomes available.