TAZEWELL, Va. – Tazewell County school officials are looking into a reported data breach with the company that provides education software.
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Chris Stacy said the school system was notified by PowerSchool, the international software provider, that a cybersecurity incident occurred in December. Although security was restored, data pertaining to students and educators at hundreds of school systems around the country were subjected to unauthorized access.
“We have asked PowerSchool to identify the scope of the impact on information pertaining to members of our community, if there was any at all,” Stacy posted. “We will work with PowerSchool to ensure that any individuals impacted by this incident are directly notified.”
The breach was limited to PowerSchool’s internal systems, and security of individual school system networks was not disturbed.
Stacy said the school system takes the privacy of personal information on students and employees very seriously.
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