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Ca: Father says teen, other students had info hacked at Markham District High School

Posted on December 6, 2018 by Dissent

Michelle McQuigge reports:

When Kirk Tobias’ daughter logged onto her school’s student portal one morning last month, she was greeted by an ominous note.

Under the image of a leering face was a list containing her address, telephone numbers and school-related log-in details, accompanied by a threat of further contact from what appeared to be an anonymous hacker, the father of the 16-year-old said.

[…]

Police said they determined that one of the teen’s classmates had hacked into the school’s database and retrieved personal details for the entire student body of about 1,500 people.

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