The Dallas Independent School District (Dallas ISD) has disclosed a data breach exposing sensitive personal data belonging to students and employees enrolled or employed since 2010.
“An unauthorized third party accessed our network, downloaded data, and temporarily stored it on an encrypted cloud storage site,” Dallas ISD said in a data breach notice published yesterday (September 2).
Upon learning of the incident on August 8, Dallas ISD said it launched an investigation, implemented “additional security measures” and “addressed specific vulnerabilities that were exploited during this event”.