The cybersecurity breach that affected San Diego Unified School District late last month may have involved some students’ personally identifiable information, the district told families in an update Friday.
W. Drew Rowlands, the district’s deputy superintendent of operations, wrote that its vendor PowerSchool said the data primarily included student contact information such as names, addresses and phone numbers.
But he wrote that the district determined that it may also have included some students’ personally identifiable information, like Social Security numbers and medical condition alerts.
“If your student is one of those affected by the release of PII, you will be offered support from PowerSchool in the coming days, such as credit monitoring or identity protection services,” he wrote.
He said no detailed medical information was included and PowerSchool was working “with urgency” to complete its investigation and determine whether personally identifiable information for their students were included.
District spokesperson James Canning said the district did not know how many students may have been affected.
PowerSchool did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.
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