TROY — A nationwide data breach has affected school districts in the Miami Valley.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 6:00, a student information system company called PowerSchool announced the breach on Friday.
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Troy City Schools was one of the local districts impacted by the breach.
News Center 7 spoke to the district’s superintendent Chris Piper about what happened.
Piper said the district has been using PowerSchool since he became superintendent seven years ago. He hasn’t had any problems until recently.
“It essentially manages all of our student data, demographic data, school data, a wide variety of things,” Piper said.
Piper said the information that was stolen in the breach was already available to the public.
“So names, addresses, those kinds of things are directory information which is already a matter of public record,” Piper said.
He said it could have been a lot worse, but a recent decision from the district took more sensitive information out of the PowerSchool system.
“Trying to be insightful and think ahead about what potential risks there are with it,” Piper said.
On Monday, the district sent a letter to parents explaining what happened.
“We felt like that was important. But again, just to keep people informed. I think our community appreciates that even though we don’t think there’s a great deal of risk here,” Piper said.
News Center 7 reached out to PowerSchool for more information on the breach.
PowerSchool officials said the investigation into the breach is ongoing.
Kettering Schools was also affected by the breach, but could not provide additional information.
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