Pembina Trails Details Information Stolen In 2024 Cyber Attack

The Pembina Trails School Division has compiled a database of nan accusation compromised successful a 2024 information breach.

Supt. Shelley Amos said nan section hired a cybersecurity institution to complete a “data mine” of nan compromised accusation — astatine slightest immoderate of which was posted to nan acheronian web aft nan section declined to salary a ample ransom to nan group responsible.

Amos added that nan section has begun sending personalized notices to immoderate of nan group affected.

“If we person a database identified to us, and we tin connect a sanction to a societal security number aliases a passport number, we would scope retired individually to that person,” she told Global News.

Amos said nan section hired a cybersecurity institution to show nan division’s machine systems 24/7.

Cybersecurity expert Ritesh Kotak says anyone whose accusation has been compromised should watch for suspicious emails, texts aliases calls.

“You whitethorn person received a telephone call, and connected those calls there’s cipher connected nan different statement and … nan telephone conscionable hangs up,” he said, adding it’s “an car dialer trying to trial retired different numbers” to spot if they are legitimate.

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