River Trails School Dist. 26 officials said they became aware of affecting student information dating back to 1997.
The district received a letter from Pearson, a British-owned education publishing and assessment service for schools and corporations.
The student data affected includes first and last names, and in some instances, dates of birth and email addresses.
No grade or assessment information was affected, according to Wagner.
The district has contacted all families of impacted students for whom they have contact information.
Source: https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/dist-26-discovers-data-breach/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/river-trails-sd-26
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"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "08/2019",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
'name': 'River Trails School Dist. 26',
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'description': 'River Trails School Dist. 26 officials became aware of a data '
'breach affecting student information dating back to 1997. The '
'district received a letter from Pearson, a British-owned '
'education publishing and assessment service for schools and '
'corporations. The student data affected includes first and '
'last names, and in some instances, dates of birth and email '
'addresses. No grade or assessment information was affected. '
'The district has contacted all families of impacted students '
'for whom they have contact information.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['first and last names',
'dates of birth',
'email addresses']},
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Contacted all families of impacted '
'students for whom they have contact '
'information'},
'title': 'Data Breach at River Trails School Dist. 26',
'type': 'Data Breach'}