Poway Unified School District

Poway Unified School District students in California suffered a data breach incident that exposed the personal info of 36,000 Poway USD students and their parents.

The incident compromised the medical information, home addresses, nicknames, birthdates, student grades, test scores, and parents’ sensitive occupations.

They raised a complaint with the district attorney’s office cited a violation of the “Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/open-records-request-goof-exposes-personal-info-of-36000-poway-usd-students-and-their-parents/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/poway-unified-school-district

"id": "pow164623522",
"linkid": "poway-unified-school-district",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "05/2016",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 36000,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'Poway Unified School District',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 36000,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['medical information',
                                                         'home addresses',
                                                         'nicknames',
                                                         'birthdates',
                                                         'student grades',
                                                         'test scores',
                                                         'parents’ sensitive '
                                                         'occupations'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['medical information',
                                              'home addresses',
                                              'nicknames',
                                              'birthdates',
                                              'student grades',
                                              'test scores',
                                              'parents’ sensitive '
                                              'occupations']},
 'description': 'Poway Unified School District students in California suffered '
                'a data breach incident that exposed the personal info of '
                '36,000 Poway USD students and their parents. The incident '
                'compromised the medical information, home addresses, '
                'nicknames, birthdates, student grades, test scores, and '
                'parents’ sensitive occupations.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['medical information',
                                 'home addresses',
                                 'nicknames',
                                 'birthdates',
                                 'student grades',
                                 'test scores',
                                 'parents’ sensitive occupations'],
            'legal_liabilities': 'Violation of the Family Educational Rights '
                                 'and Privacy Act'},
 'regulatory_compliance': {'regulations_violated': ['Family Educational Rights '
                                                    'and Privacy Act']},
 'title': 'Poway Unified School District Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}