A minimum of 10 Lengthy Island college districts are being impacted via a PowerSchool knowledge breach.
Information 12 showed that the varsity districts of Jericho, Hicksville, Glen Cove, West Hempstead, Lynbrook, Center Nation, Massapequa, Smithtown Central, Nassau BOCES, and Uniondale had been impacted via the knowledge breach.
PowerSchool says their device utilized by folks, scholars and academics for grades and attendance was once hacked in December.
It isn’t transparent what number of colleges in overall on Lengthy Island were impacted via the knowledge breach.
Information 12 requested PowerSchool, and a spokesperson for the corporate says they aren’t disclosing which districts are affected.
Faculties that ascertain they use PowerSchool have despatched out notices in regards to the breach. Directors with Smithtown Central say they imagine this factor was once restricted in scope and that it’s been contained, and most of the colleges have reset passwords for PowerSchool.
PowerSchool says it’s operating to determine whose knowledge could have been stolen. There is also extra colleges on Lengthy Island affected.
