Chinook School Division #211

May 11, 2023 1 min read
Chinook School Division #211

Chinook School Division in Saskatchewan accidentally revealed the private information of 2,841 students.

The data that was made public included students' names, identification numbers, phone numbers, grades and parent email addresses.

An IT worker with the school division inadvertently transferred some computer code containing the student files from a private account to a public account.

However, the IT staff immediately changed the privacy settings and contained the breach.

Source: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/private-information-2-841-students-100000252.html

"id": "CHI224327123",
"linkid": "chinook-school-division-211",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "09/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

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