Districts store all kinds of sensitive student data, which means the consequences of a school cyberattack can follow pupils well into adulthood. And it's not just their credit that's at risk.
Districts store all kinds of sensitive student data, which means the consequences of a school cyberattack can follow pupils well into adulthood. And it's not just their credit that's at risk.When Celeste Gravatt first heard about a data breach in her kids' school system in February 2023, it sounded innocuous.Officials at Minneapolis Public Schools called it a"system incident," then"technical difficulties," and finally,"an encryption event.
"This breach was actually really huge," Gravatt says."And it wasn't just school records. It was health records, it was all sorts of things that should be privileged information that are now just out there floating around for anybody to buy." He says stealing a child's identity may seem counterintuitive because they don't have resources of their own, but it can cause"a lot of havoc." Parents don't necessarily monitor their children's credit and bad actors can easily open up bank accounts, rack up debt and apply for loans in a child's name.
Gravatt calls the Minneapolis attack"an extreme breach of privacy," and says she felt violated, both for her children and also for herself. As a former Minneapolis Public Schools student, she also had data in the system. Pfefferkorn says the more information collected on a student – whether it's about housing, custody or free lunch – the more vulnerable they are after a data breach.Stolen student records can also come back to haunt children into adulthood.
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