PowerSchool Cybersecurity Breach

The Department of Education was recently notified by PowerSchool, the software
vendor which provides the Student Information System used by schools of the Dioceseof Rockville Centre, of a cybersecurity breach affecting many of its customers nationallyand globally. The breach occurred on the PowerSchool Platform and did not originate from the Diocese of Rockville Centre accounts or systems.

The information accessed included demographic information belonging to students and staff of the elementary schools. PowerSchool has begun notifying the affected parties, including information on credit monitoring or identity protection. For more information on the breach, please visit https://www.powerschool.com/security/sis-incident/.

PowerSchool is offering two years of complimentary identity protection services to students and educators whose information was involved. For adult students and educators, this offer will also include two years of complimentary credit monitoring services. For more information, please click here. If you are unsure whether your information was stored in PowerSchool, please reach out to your school directly. If you attended or worked at a school which has closed, you may send inquiries to [email protected].

The Department of Education and Schools of the Diocese of Rockville Centre take very seriously our commitment to the safety and security of our students and will continue to monitor this situation.