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Swain County Schools says PowerSchool data included in vendor breach; district monitoring next steps
Summary
District staff told the Swain County Board that student and staff data held by the PowerSchool student information system were likely part of a larger PowerSchool breach announced in early January; the district is awaiting further guidance from the vendor and the state Department of Public Instruction.
Swain County Schools staff told the Board of Education on Jan. 13 that records in the district’s PowerSchool student information system were included in a vendor data breach announced Jan. 7 and that the district is awaiting guidance from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and PowerSchool on next steps.
Karen (district technology staff) told the board that PowerSchool informed districts Jan. 7 of a breach affecting their…
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