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New Hanover school board urges attorney general to investigate PowerSchool breach, asks for longer identity protection
Summary
The New Hanover County Schools Board unanimously approved a letter urging North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson to investigate PowerSchool after a large data breach and urged stronger vendor security requirements and at least 48 months of identity‑protection services for affected people.
The New Hanover County Schools Board of Education voted unanimously Feb. 4 to send a letter to North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson urging investigation and legal action against PowerSchool following the district’s recent data breach.
Board member Josie Barnhart, who drafted and presented the letter, said the breach affected “tens of thousands of individuals in our county alone” and asked the attorney general’s…
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