The Downingtown Area School District discovered a data breach that have damaged its servers and resulted in the hacking of dozens of students' personal information.
The system was hacked, according to district officials, by a kid. They claim that the breach has been stopped and that the data on the kids was not changed in any manner.
According to authorities, a student employed coding techniques to enter the Naviance student site. The website offers advice for pupils making post-high school plans.
The hacker had access to a variety of sensitive data, including student identification numbers, grade point averages, addresses, phone numbers, genders, and ethnicities, according to a school district official.
"id": "DOW72814423",
"linkid": "downingtown-area-school-district",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2019",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"