The personal information of San Diego Unified students, former students, and employees may have been compromised in a data breach that officials believe happened in January, the school district announced Friday.
The breach could affect as many as 500,000 students who attended San Diego Unified schools as far back as the 2008-2009 school year, officials said.
The breach may have affected personally identifiable student and staff information such as addresses and dates of birth, as well as discipline, health, scheduling, and grade information, according to an email sent to school families on Friday. Social Security numbers were also affected.
About 50 staff members’ accounts are known to have been compromised and have been reset, according to the district...
This occurs more often then it is reported, both in private and public domains.
ReplyDeleteThe usual 'Band Aid' remedy is to offer a year of free credit monitoring.
This requires that you provide ALL your privacy data to one or more credit check agencies.
So in essence, they are promoting one stop privacy data breaches.