On Tuesday, January 7, 2025, PowerSchool informed our leadership team that they experienced a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to certain PowerSchool SIS customer data. Unfortunately, they have confirmed that the information belongs to some of Converse #1’s families and educators.
PowerSchool informed us that the compromised data primarily includes parent and student contact information and details such as student name, date of birth, guardian, address, phone number, emergency contact, social security numbers, etc. We have not recorded social security numbers for students in PowerSchool since 2017. PowerSchool is working with urgency to complete its investigation.
Protecting our student data is something we take seriously. With PowerSchool’s help, more information and resources (including credit monitoring or identity protection services if applicable) will be provided to you as it becomes available.
**Update on January 13, 2025**
PowerSchool has created this public-facing website for their data breach: https://www.powerschool.com/security/sis-incident/
**Update on January 17, 2025**
We are writing to share additional information regarding the cybersecurity incident involving PowerSchool, a software vendor which provides our Student Information System (SIS). PowerSchool provided their latest update on Friday, January 17th, 2025. Here is a portion of that site regarding identity protection and credit monitoring being provided by PowerSchool:
"...PowerSchool will be offering two years of complimentary identity protection services for all students and educators whose information was involved and will also be offering two years of complimentary credit monitoring services for all adult students and educators whose information was involved. We are doing this regardless of whether an individual’s Social Security Number was exfiltrated.
PowerSchool has engaged Experian, a trusted credit reporting agency, to provide these services. Starting in the next few weeks, PowerSchool will coordinate with Experian to provide notice on behalf of our customers to students (or their parents/guardians if the student is under 18) and educators whose information was exfiltrated from their PowerSchool SIS..."
More information can be found on PowerSchool’s updated website for their data breach:
https://www.powerschool.com/security/sis-incident/
**Update on January 27, 2025**
Additional Update from PowerSchool on January 27, 2025:
PowerSchool has provided their latest update today on Monday, January 27th, 2025. You can read it here. From this point forward, PowerSchool has assured us they are taking over communications for this incident and will be contacting impacted staff and students directly.
If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to our Technology Department at 307-359-4099.
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