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By Aaron Schulze

Cybersecurity

SD73’s insurance provider for international students suffers cybersecurity breach

Aug 1, 2021 | 3:21 PM

KAMLOOPS — School District No. 73 (SD73, Kamloops-Thompson) said it was notified that guard.me, the travel and medical insurance provider for its international student program, experienced a cybersecurity breach incident.

Personal information that may be impacted by this incident includes identity information, contact information, and other information provided to support submitted claims.

SD73 said though it is not responsible for the privacy breach, it is following up with past and present international students to ensure they’re aware on the security breach, out of an abundance of caution.

Former and present international SD73 students are recommended to:

• monitoring their financial accounts and statements regularly
• ensure they do not use the same login ID or password with other online services
• contact guard.me about the availability of credit monitoring and other protective services
• visit the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre for further information about how to protect themselves

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More information about the breach is also available online.