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PowerSchool sent universal notice to users after late‑2024 data incident; district relays state-required credit monitoring offer
Summary
District staff told the committee that PowerSchool issued a nationwide notification about a late‑2024 data incident and that the service provided Experian credit-monitoring offers as required by law; the message came from PowerSchool, not the district.
Nashoba Regional School District officials told the school committee on Feb. 26 that PowerSchool issued a universal notice to users about a data incident that occurred at the end of 2024 and that the notice offered Experian credit-monitoring as required by state law.
“PowerSchool emails went out to everyone who exists in the PowerSchool system, not just in Massachusetts, but across the entire country regarding, the data breach that happened, at the end of, 2024,” Finance and Operations Director Ross Mulcahren said, adding that the notice and the offer of credit monitoring were sent by PowerSchool and not by the district.
The district told committee members it had previously announced follow-up steps and that the email was consistent with what the district had promised. Officials did not provide new details about the scale of the incident or whether local accounts were confirmed compromised during the meeting.
Ending: The district said it would continue to share developments if further information becomes available; no new local specifics were provided at the Feb. 26 meeting.
