From a school system email:

PowerSchool has informed us that they have taken action with the hackers to ensure the unauthorized data was deleted without any further replication or dissemination. They do not anticipate any of the data being shared or made public and are working with cybersecurity experts and law enforcement to ensure ongoing data safety.  PowerSchool indicated they will be providing credit monitoring to affected adults and identity protection services to affected minors in accordance with regulatory obligations.

  • BassTurd@lemmy.worldEnglish
    48·
    4 days ago

    I’m over this, "we were too incompetent and failed at our job, so your personal information is in the hands of a bad entity. Sry, here’s “monitoring”.

    No. How about you fucking pay me and suffer consequences instead? If you can’t afford to pay thousands to every affected individual and continue being a business, you don’t get to be a business anymore. Equifax and Change Healthcare are two companies I did not opt into using, but had to, and they both fucked up and lost all of my most sensitive information. People should be in jail and I should have thousands of dollars more in compensation. Instead, I got $7 from Equifax and offered free monitoring from CHC. Make it so it’s debilitating when sensitive information is lost, and maybe places would take security more seriously.

    • reptar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      I heard an interview with a (US) lawyer specializing in data breaches. They pointed out the fine print of accepting monitoring often includes releasing the offering company of liability, agreeing to arbitration, things like that

      • BassTurd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        I looked but didn’t see that in writing for my change healthcare situation, but I sure didn’t take the free monitoring because I’m waiting for the class action, and I have assumed that would disqualify me.

        It’s just insulting. Sorry we may have fucked up your life and you have no recourse, but here’s a sticker.