Data from hundreds of thousands of N.L. students breached in PowerSchool cyberattack

Data belonging to hundreds of thousands of Newfoundland and Labrador students was breached in a cyberattack targeting an information system used by schools across the country.The province’s Education Department says personal information from about 271,000 students was accessed in the attack on the PowerSchool platform, which is owned by a U.S.-based company.The data includes names, birthdays and health card numbers of students as far back as 1995.