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Oconee County schools report PowerSchool data breach; state investigators notified
Summary
During the board's superintendent report, officials said a compromised PowerSchool contractor account allowed outside access to student and staff files; no Social Security numbers were stored in the district's system, and the district has notified SLED and the State Department of Education.
The Oconee County School District notified parents and staff after an international data breach involving PowerSchool, the student information system, a district presenter said during the school board's superintendent report. District officials said a compromised contractor password gave outside actors access to PowerSchool files that included district student and staff records.
District staff said the incident affected multiple South Carolina districts and that law enforcement and state officials have been alerted. "This was a contractor for the PowerSchool company that allowed a password to…
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