Dear families and educators of the LKSD community,
As we previously communicated, PowerSchool, a cloud-based software vendor
used by LKSD, recently experienced a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized
access to certain information in the PowerSchool Student Information System (SIS).
We are reaching out to share more information and next steps that we recently received directly from PowerSchool:
• Identity
Protection and Credit Monitoring Services: PowerSchool has engaged
Experian, a trusted credit reporting agency, to offer two years of
complimentary identity protection services for all students and
educators whose information from our PowerSchool SIS was involved. This
offer will also include two years of complimentary credit monitoring
services for all adult students and educators whose information was
involved.
• Notification
to Individuals Involved: Starting in the next few weeks, in
collaboration with Experian, PowerSchool will provide notice to students
(or their parents/guardians if the student is under 18) and educators
whose information was involved, as well as a phone number to answer any
questions you may have about the incident. The notice will include the
identity protection and credit monitoring services offer (as
applicable).
• As
soon as PowerSchool learned of the incident, they engaged cybersecurity
response protocols and mobilized senior leadership and third-party
cybersecurity experts to conduct a forensic investigation of the scope
of the incident and to monitor for signs of information misuse.
PowerSchool is not aware of any identity theft attributable to this
incident.
In the meantime, I encourage you to visit https://www.powerschool.com/security/sis-incident/ for
up-to-date information on the cybersecurity incident. We care deeply
about the welfare of our LKSD families and will continue to do
everything we can to support you. Thank you for the important role you
play in our community and your shared commitment to putting our students
first.
Sincerely,
Gregory Sweet
Coordinator of Information Technology, Lower Kuskokwim School District