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New Kent Schools: PowerSchool breach likely exposed student records; district awaiting scope and notifications
Summary
District technology staff told the school board a national PowerSchool maintenance account was compromised, likely exposing student and staff data; PowerSchool is investigating and offering two years of credit monitoring to impacted users.
Sean Terry, speaking to the New Kent County Public Schools board, reported that a national PowerSchool credential used for vendor support was compromised and that malicious actors used that access to extract data from PowerSchool systems. "A bad actor gained access to PowerSchool through a maintenance account and a credential that was shared across all PowerSchool instances," Terry said, describing how a single shared support password allowed access across customers.
Terry said logs provided by PowerSchool indicate student data tables…
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