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Canton Public Schools notifies families after PowerSchool student information breach
Summary
Canton Public Schools told families Jan. 7 that a worldwide breach of PowerSchool’s student information system exposed directory and demographic tables. District officials said the extract did not include Social Security numbers or financial records for Canton students and staff, and the district is collecting questions for a public FAQ.
Canton Public Schools alerted families Jan. 7 that PowerSchool, the student information system used by the district and about 18,000 other customers worldwide, experienced a cybersecurity breach that exposed student and staff directory and demographic records.
District officials presented a timeline at the Jan. 9 School Committee meeting and said they continue to gather information from PowerSchool and security partners. ‘‘Regrettably, PowerSchool failed to live up to our expectations with data security,’’ said Mr. Fogle, who presented the district’s account of events and led coordination with town IT and law enforcement.
The district said PowerSchool identified a compromised “superuser” account on Dec. 19 that gave a threat actor access to support tools that reach many districts’ SIS servers. PowerSchool reported the threat actor executed…
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