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Enid IT director: PowerSchool breach traced to third‑party product; district systems not accessed

2173058 · January 22, 2025
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Enid Public Schools' IT director told the board that a global PowerSchool breach originated through a third‑party product (PowerSource). PowerSchool will offer complimentary identity protection; the district says its internal network was not breached.

Enid Public Schools IT Director Jeff Herbel told the school board that a widely reported PowerSchool breach originated through a third‑party product and that the district’s internal systems were not accessed.

PowerSchool "was made aware of their breach on December 28th," Herbel said, and school districts were notified in early January. He described the vector as a third‑party service, PowerSource, which had a service account exposed on the dark web: "there was a service account that was out on the dark…

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