Puget Sound Educational District hit with data breach
(File, Associated Press)
A local educational agency says it was hit with a data breach that could have exposed personal information from teachers and students.
The Puget Sound Educational Service District, which helps support public, private, and charter schools in King and Pierce Counties, as well as Bainbridge Island, said unauthorized people accessed an unknown number of staff and student emails on more than one occasion between last spring and summer.
Those emails included sensitive data such as names, birthdates, social security numbers, bank account information, and medical records.
“We are conducting an extensive review of all those messages and documents,” said Jessica DeBarro, executive director of communications, government, and public relations for the district.