The California Office of the Attorney General reported on January 30, 2025, that the Portola Valley School District experienced a data breach involving PowerSchool on December 28, 2024. The breach involved unauthorized access to student and parent contact information, and some personally identifiable information (PII) such as social security numbers and medical information may have been compromised.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-598065
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/sequoia-union-high-school-district
"id": "seq410072825",
"linkid": "sequoia-union-high-school-district",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2024",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'Portola Valley School District',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['social security '
'numbers',
'medical information'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['student and parent contact '
'information',
'social security numbers',
'medical information']},
'date_detected': '2024-12-28',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2025-01-30',
'description': 'The Portola Valley School District experienced a data breach '
'involving PowerSchool on December 28, 2024. The breach '
'involved unauthorized access to student and parent contact '
'information, and some personally identifiable information '
'(PII) such as social security numbers and medical information '
'may have been compromised.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['student and parent contact information',
'social security numbers',
'medical information'],
'systems_affected': ['PowerSchool']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2025-01-30',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Portola Valley School District Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}