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U.S. man going to prison over PowerSchool data breach that included Canadian student info | Globalnews.ca

  • The Canadian Press--Global News
  • published date: 2025-10-15 21:36:19 UTC

Court documents say a company targeted by the man received a ransom demand for $2.85 million worth of bitcoin or else the personal info of students and teachers would be leaked.

An American man was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison after pleading guilty to cyber extortion in the mass data breach of a student information system used across Canada. Court documents sho… [+2055 chars]