3rd Party Data Breach Potentially Affects BC School District’s Int’l Students

Exploit: Hacking
Company: School District 73 Kelowna-Thompson
Industry: Education
Sources: https://cfjctoday.com/2021/08/01/sd73s-insurance-provider-for-international-students-suffers-cybersecurity-breach/

A British Columbian school district, School District No. 73 (SD73, Kamloops-Thompson), was recently notified of a third-party data breach that may have led to student information being compromised. SD73’s third-party travel and medical insurance provider for its international student program released a statement confirming a cyber security incident during June 2021, led to this potential data leak.

Personal information that may have been exposed includes identity information, contact information, and other information used to support submitted claims. While SD73 has stated they are not responsible for the data breach, it is continuing to follow up with individuals that may have been affected including past and present international students.

The district has recommended potentially affected individuals to:

• monitoring their financial accounts and statements regularly

• ensure they do not use the same login ID or password with other online services

• contact guard.me about the availability of credit monitoring and other protective services

• visit the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre for further information about how to protect themselves

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