A nationwide cybersecurity breach has affected software used by North Dakota public schools, North Dakota Information Technology confirmed Wednesday. It was not immediately clear if any North Dakota student or teacher data was exposed.
The state agency has asked North Dakota principals, teachers and families that use the program PowerSchool to change their passwords.
All North Dakota public schools use PowerSchool to manage student data including enrollment, attendance, scheduling, transcripts and more, according to the NDIT-EduTech ” target=”\_blank”>NDIT-EduTech website.
PowerSchool initially discovered evidence of the incident on Dec. 28, according to NDIT.
“We have taken all appropriate steps to prevent the data involved from further unauthorized access or misuse,” PowerSchool said in a statement to the North Dakota Monitor. “The incident is contained and we do not anticipate the data being shared or made public.”
