Are you in the leak?

The Qilin ransomware group copied the district's entire SQL database backup directory and Human Resources shared drive, totaling 144,510 files. If you match any of the criteria below, your personal information is in the leaked dataset.

Staff and job applicants

Current, former, or retired staff who worked in or before 2021

Did you work for Burnaby Schools in or before 2021 as a teacher, support worker, principal, administrator, or casual employee?

If yes, your employee records are in the leak:

• 23,272 employee folders inside the "DO NOT USE" scanned personnel directory and 3,053 files inside a duplicate CUPE personnel archive
• 6,318 complete scanned personnel binders for 3,756 BTA teachers and 2,562 CUPE support staff
• 6,004 Social Insurance Number sheets with your SIN, birth date, home address, and salary step
• 2,646 criminal record check files

Staff who worked between 2013 and September 2026

Were you employed by SD41 at any time between 2013 and September 2026, including staff hired after 2021 and Adult Education instructors?

If yes, your payroll and contact records are in the leak:

• 354 quarterly workforce .CSV and Excel dumps from 2013 to 2026 with row-by-row compensation, job classification, FTE, seniority, and demographic data for the entire workforce
• Monthly private Board HR spreadsheets from 2018 to September 2026 listing every teacher and support worker who resigned, retired, or was terminated, together with their reason for resigning
• 196 monthly BTA teacher home-address lists and two 159.3 MB staff mail-merge address workbooks from 2024
• More than 80 plain-text new-hire password sheets and scanned void cheques and direct deposit forms
• 3,245 files in Adult Education personnel and contract folders, payroll workbooks through Spring 2026, and 136.5 MB of Continuing Education SQL database backups

Principals and senior or exempt staff

Have you worked as a principal, vice-principal, director, superintendent, or exempt staff member?

If yes, your evaluation and compensation records are in the leak:

• 141 personnel folders inside the "DO NOT USE" archive: 90 BPVPA administrator folders and 51 Exempt folders
• 742 files totaling 2.22 GB of signed performance evaluations and growth plans from 2018 to 2023, some in folders labelled as already uploaded to eDocs
• A 2024–2025 master list of school administrators and exempt managers flagged as needing competency improvement
• Superintendent salary history spreadsheets, Assistant and Deputy Superintendent employment contracts from 2024, and private Exempt and PVP compensation reports from 2024 to March 2026
• 98 mobile phone directories up to May 2026 and 87 administrator directory files

Sick days, medical notes, leave appeals, or disability claims

Did you request a paid sick day between 2022 and 2026, hand in a doctor's note, apply for Educational Leave or a Leave of Absence appeal, or have a WorkSafeBC or disability claim?

If yes, your medical or claim records are in the leak:

• All 1,724 paid sick-day requests submitted between 2022 and September 2026, totaling 908.6 MiB across Approved and Denied subfolders
• Hundreds of medical certificates in HR health and wellness folders, with 55 of them in a "Delete" subfolder, 572 COVID-19 medical accommodation files from 2019 to 2021, and 196 additional accommodation files
• 2,522 CUPE WorkSafeBC and Joint Early Intervention Service claim files totaling 858.8 MB, 121 long-term disability employer statements, an addictions rehabilitation reimbursement subfolder, 1,284 files in an HR portal archive, and 88 named long-term disability cases for school administrators and exempt staff
• 2,209 files totaling 1.39 GB of teacher Educational Leave applications from 2000 to 2026–2027 with official university transcripts and interview notes, plus Leave of Absence appeals with family death certificates and wedding invitations
• A 153.9 MB master absence workbook from February 2025 to January 2026, a "Culpable Absenteeism" spreadsheet tracking absences before and after statutory holidays or Pro-D days, and multi-year absence workbooks from 2011 to 2026

Workplace investigations, grievances, or work refusals

Were you involved in a workplace investigation, grievance, human rights complaint, or unsafe-work refusal as the subject, complainant, or witness?

If yes, those case files are in the leak:

• 1,655 HR workplace investigation files totaling 663.4 MB from more than 160 named employee cases between 2021 and July 2026, 64 disciplinary and medical files inside folders named "Delete", 449 CUPE discipline files in an HR leader's personal folder, and 250 Board discipline packages from 2002 to 2024
• 2,362 harassment investigation files totaling 1.5 GB from 1996 to 2026, one of which had a 2020 subfolder on the shared drive whose name stated the documents had been removed from that drive per agreement, yet still had 21 doctor's notes, WorkSafeBC records, and complaint files inside it
• 196 BC Human Rights Tribunal case files through 2025 and 42 years of private Board Management Committee and Step 3 CUPE grievance records from 1984 to 2026, as well as a cancelled discipline hearing package kept in a folder noting the employee had already resigned
• Education Assistant and staff unsafe-work refusal records and WorkSafeBC inspection reports at Taylor Park Elementary, South Slope Elementary, Gilmore Community Elementary, Moscrop Secondary, and Burnaby North Secondary

Job applicants from 2015 to 2027, including rejected and withdrawn

Did you apply for a job at SD41 between 2015 and 2027, even if you were not shortlisted, received a regret letter, or turned down an offer?

If yes, your application package is in the leak, which has 37.4 GB across 29,649 application files:

• 10,519 files totaling 12.34 GB in CUPE support-staff recruitment folders, including No - Not Shortlisted folders, plus 1,664 application files totaling 2.70 GB in an HR staff member's personal subfolder and 647 files totaling 1.09 GB of CUPE regret letters
• 3,014 files totaling 2.72 GB in BTA teacher recruitment, 121 unpurged files inside a folder labelled "Purged" for candidates who declined offers, 1,654 files totaling 3.84 GB of BTA regret letters, 1,069 files totaling 1.10 GB in Adult Education recruitment, and 659 files totaling 2.48 GB for 2025–2027 teacher hiring
• 4,597 files totaling 6.51 GB in principal and vice-principal recruitment, with 282 of them in Not Shortlisted, plus 4,516 files totaling 3.73 GB in exempt recruitment, 477 regret-letter files, and 257 files in an external recruitment audit folder

Parents and students

Online registration in 2024 or 2026

Did you register a child online for a Burnaby school in 2024 or 2026?

If yes, your registration form and uploaded identity and residency documents are in the leak:

• 667.3 GB in three unencrypted online registration database backups measuring 449.2 GB, 110.6 GB, and 107.5 GB, plus 859 loose tenancy lease files and 11 .csv registration mismatch and duplicate exports from April 2024
• Uploaded parent scans of permanent resident cards, citizenship documents, study or work permits, birth certificates, driver's licences, residential tenancy agreements, property tax notices, and utility bills

Students enrolled in 2024–2026

Was your child enrolled in a Burnaby school between 2024 and September 2026?

If yes, your child's MyEducation BC student profile is in the leak:

• Two unencrypted MyEducation BC SQL database backups totaling 568.6 MB with every enrolled student's full name, birth date, 9-digit Personal Education Number, home address, phone number, email, parent and guardian contacts, medical allergies, Ministry special-needs designations, and BC Care Card Personal Health Number

Students enrolled in 2021–2022

Was your child enrolled in a Burnaby school during the 2021–2022 school year?

If yes, your child's 2021–2022 grades and attendance are in the leak across 469.7 MB of unencrypted .txt files:

• August 2022 course marks export of 376.0 MB with final 2021–2022 grades, teacher report-card comments, and special-education course codes
• July 2022 daily absences export of 65.2 MB with daily student attendance logs
• July 2022 student demographics export of 27.3 MB with home addresses, birth dates, PENs, and parent contact details
• July 2022 medical alerts export of 1.1 MB with student medical conditions and alerts

Special education, Kindergarten, Youth Services, or misconduct cases

Did your child start Kindergarten between 2021 and 2025, receive learning support, interact with Youth Services, or give a witness statement in a school investigation?

If yes, those student records are in the leak:

• The 6.81 GB primary district SQL database backup has district learning-support lists with student diagnoses and support needs, plus Kindergarten readiness observations from 2021 to 2025
• 201 named student intervention letters from 2020 to 2026 and archived school psychologist evaluations across 203 files in Youth Services folders
• Named student witness interview documents, parent complaint PDFs, and RCMP file references from more than 14 schools inside HR misconduct and investigation folders, full class rosters, student safety plans, a 2020–2021 list of immunocompromised and distance-learning students, and a September 2022 Indigenous student enrolment check spreadsheet

Summer Session student monitors and Continuing Education

Did your teen work as a Summer Session student monitor, or did you take a Continuing Education course?

If yes, your records are in the leak:

• Summer 2026 payroll spreadsheet, demographics document, and plain-text logins and passwords for paid student monitors
• Two backups of the Continuing Education SQL database totaling 136.5 MB