Districts store all kinds of sensitive student data, which means the consequences of a school cyberattack can follow pupils well into adulthood. And it's not just their credit that's at risk.
When Celeste Gravatt first heard about a data breach in her kids' school system in February 2023, it sounded innocuous.Gravatt has two children who have already graduated from Minneapolis schools, and one who is currently in middle school. She says it was only when she checked social media that she realized the true extent of the attack, and what it could mean for her kids.
It's an example of a growing nationwide trend in which hackers are targeting a surprising group of people: young public school students.As school districts depend more on technology, cyberattacks against those systems, and the sensitive data they store, are on the rise.
It's actually so much more. Districts have data on everything from a child's allergies and suspensions to household income and court orders. "So that also means that more of their information is being input into the system," says Marika Pfefferkorn. She co-founded the Twin Cities Innovation Alliance to educate and empower parents about how data collected about their children could be misused.
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