RENO, NV (KOLO) - The Washoe County School District is warning about a data security incident.
The data breach affects some 114,000 students who attended Washoe County Schools between 2001 and 2016. The district says the names and birth dates of those students may have been exposed by the data lapse, but no other identifying information was released.
A small number of staff members may also have been affected, with the release of their names and email address.
The District says the incident happened in November 2018, but WCSD was only notified on July 24, 2019.
“While WCSD would like to individually reach out to every person impacted by this breach, the information is old and not specific enough for the District to identify exactly who has been impacted,” said Alan Cunningham, Information Security Officer for WCSD. “Because the information in question was generated so long ago, many of these students are no longer in our schools. In addition, the type of information is so limited, it is difficult to identify any of the students impacted. However we are issuing this notification out of an abundance of caution so families and individuals are aware of the potential release of this information.”
You can find more information on the WCSD website.
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