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Former WRDSB students information breached Leah Gerber Observer Staff
FORMER WATERLOO REGION DISTRICT SCHOOL Board students who were enrolled in the years between 2006-2007 and 2012-2013 may have had their personal information compromised
in the July cyber attack that breached the board’s computer network. The data of some 70,000 people were involved. Among the information that may have been taken were student names, dates of birth, gender, and historical educational information such as
students’ former schools, classrooms or teachers. The main student information system was not included in the attack. Individuals who were affected by the data breach will not be contacted by the school board directly, said WRDSB spokesperson Eusis Dougan-McKenzie.
“We are using public notification through the website, social channels and media outlets. The time it would take to match names to contact information would delay notification. Remember, this was not the main database, so names were not tied to addresses or contact
details,” she said. People can find out if their data were taken by calling TransUnion at 1-833-806-1882, state that you are calling about the Waterloo Regional District School Board credit monitoring program and provide your name. If you are included in the
data set that was stolen, TransUnion will provide you with a credit monitoring code and more information on how to register for a year of credit monitoring. The cost is covered. The data set includes both grade school and high school students. → WRDSB 8
Police kept busy with a series of youth disturbances Leah Gerber Observer Staff
On Tuesday morning shortly after 9 a.m., St. Jacobs firefighters were called to the scene of a collision on Arthur Street, heading away from the St. Jacobs roundabout. The incident involved a transport truck and a gray Toyota Matrix hatchback. The transport truck skidded off the road and collided with a tree. The Toyota had damage to the passenger-side rear bumper. Waterloo Regional Police say no one Leah Gerber was injured.
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A SERIES OF YOUTH-RELATED DISTURBANCES had Waterloo Regional Police busy in Elmira last week. A single male youth was walking near First and Arthur streets around 7 p.m. on September 28 when he was attacked by a group of young people. They stole some of his property, and he came out of it with some minor injuries. The youth were early teenagers, said police spokesperson Cst. André Johnson. That same night, around 8 p.m., a group associated with the male that was assaulted went after the
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first group of youth. In the process, two female youths were sprayed with a noxious substance the police believe to be bear spray. They were treated by paramedics and did not suffer major injuries. That same night around 9 p.m., the first group of youth that assaulted that male were approaching a Flamingo Drive location looking for youth in the other group. They scattered when confronted by some adults. “It is a little unusual, and anytime we have groups of youth who are going back and forth in this manner, it is cause for concern. We do want to identify and figure out exactly who is involved, so that way we → POLICE 7
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