Out of an abundance of caution, the district changed staff passwords and is in the process of changing students' passwords.
SAN DIEGO – Thousands of families in the San Diego Unified School District getting a big heads up in a notice sent out on Thursday, a cybersecurity threat hitting the school district.
"Now they can sell it on the Dark Web and commits identity theft for all of these young that might not see the impact for many years,” Huda said."When they apply for a student loan or the parent has to supply the information for a student, that's when they find out the parent's identity has been stolen, or the student's identity has been stolen,” Huda said.
In a notice to staff and families, Dr. Lamont Jackson, Superintendent of SDUSD, said, “We want our students and the San Diego Unified community to know that we place a high value on maintaining the integrity and security of the data we hold in our systems, and we are working diligently to complete our investigation of the incident.”In 2018, the district revealed a phishing attack had put hundreds of thousands of students' and staff's personal information at risk.
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