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Tech company should compensate families for school board cybersecurity breach, expert argues

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California -based company PowerSchool stores personal information on behalf of several school boards across Canada .

Cyberattack occurred on Dec. 22 , and the IP address which stole the data belonged to a website and virtual hosting company in Ukraine .

Calgary Board of Education says the breach includes names, birthdates, addresses and phone numbers of students and parents.

Cybersecurity expert says the company should be compensated for the breach.

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