Winnipeg School Division catches ‘breach’ containing student report cards in mass email

The Winnipeg School Division says it accidentally sent a link to student report cards in a mass email.

The Winnipeg School Division is warning families that a link containing student report cards was sent out in a mass email Tuesday afternoon.

The division said it noticed a “breach” around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday containing a file for all kindergarten, elementary and middle school report cards.

“Our technology department quickly worked with our software provider to disable the link,” a spokesperson said in an email to CTV News. “WSD was successful in containing the breach immediately which significantly minimized the number of families who could open the file.”

The division sent out a letter to families explaining the breach and said they were advised to delete the file.

Moving forward, the division is recommending schools send home paper copies of report cards.

The division also noted it is switching to a new system, which will help lower the potential of an incident like this happening again.