The equipment was eventually returned to the school district and analyzed.
Fairbanks North Star Borough Attorney Jill Dolan said in a prepared statement: âThere were 100 impacted individuals, two of whom are deceased; the district did not do an analysis to determine whether the individuals were students, staff, or other. The individuals are being notified and the district is providing one year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for eligible individuals.â
A lawsuit filed against the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District in connection with the data breach was dismissed in March, court records show.
Reuben Leake, CEO of 1stStrike Asset Management, purchased four computer servers and three data vaults in 2019 at a surplus auction for $27. He discovered there were student records, employee records, teacher records, disciplinary records and other data still saved on some of the equipment, according to a court filing. Leake said
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