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Nashoba officials notify families after PowerSchool account compromise
Summary
The Nashoba Regional School District told the school committee it alerted families in early January after a PowerSchool account was accessed; the district says primarily contact fields were exposed and it is working with legal counsel and the vendor’s investigation.
Superintendent Kirk Downing told the Nashoba Regional School committee on Jan. 15 that the district alerted families in early January after receiving notice that hackers had accessed the PowerSchool student information system used for enrollment, attendance and grades.
"We remain extremely concerned about this breach and the initial lack of transparency by PowerSchool," Downing said. He said PowerSchool has promised to share a completed third-party investigation "by the end of next week." The district is continuing to press the vendor for details about which data sets…
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