An unknown number of students at Buena Vista Horace Mann (BVHM) school in San Francisco had their information exposed when a district worker emailed their information to an unauthorized individual.
The error occurred on April 10 when the email containing student identification numbers, student names, and student usernames and default passwords for San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) systems, of which BVHM is part, and tools, including SFUSD email, student portal, and digital learning applications, for all current and some former BVHM students was sent to some families in the district.
The school
district reported
the families that received the email did have access to accounts belonging to
students other than their own for about two hours. School officials do not
believe any of the accounts were accessed, and administrators are looking into
putting additional precautions into effect so this type of error does not reoccur.
In a letter
to parents, school officials did try to turn the event into a learning
opportunity saying parents should speak to their children about the importance
of maintaining good password hygiene, choose strong passwords, to change them
frequently, and to protect their information online.
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