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Public commenter tells committee of multiple Nevada K–12 student data breaches
Summary
A public commenter told the Assembly Committee on Education about several past data breaches affecting Nevada K–12 students, including incidents involving Edmodo, Pearson AIMSweb, SchoolMessenger and multiple Clark County School District breaches, and urged attention to student data protection.
John Eppolito used the committee's public-comment period to recount multiple data breaches affecting Nevada K–12 students over recent years. Eppolito said breaches he identified included: the 2017 Edmodo breach that exposed student information; 2019 incidents involving Pearson AIMSweb and SchoolMessenger that leaked names, birth dates and student IDs; and Clark County School District incidents in 2022 and 2023 where ransomware and other attacks led to publication of student data, including social security numbers and other private information.
Eppolito told the committee that Nevada's student ID system, which he said follows students from pre-K through college and workforce systems, creates a persistent identifier that increases privacy risk if breached. He said some attackers demanded ransoms and that at least one class-action lawsuit has followed a published data release. He identified a public website, ProtectNevadachildren.org, in his remarks.
The committee's public-comment record shows no additional callers in the transcript following Eppolito's remarks. The committee chair closed public comment and adjourned without recorded committee discussion or action on the subject in the provided transcript.
Provenance: Public comment begins at the committee's open public-comment segment and includes Eppolito's full remarks about past breach incidents in Nevada K–12 systems.
