Giles County, Virginia – Giles County Public Schools (GCPS) is investigating the potential consequences of a “cybersecurity incident” with a school software provider.
PowerSchool, a provider of education administration software, announced that it had experienced an unspecified incident in late December, but that the security of individual school system networks had not been compromised.
Nonetheless, because GCPS uses PowerSchool software, it has requested information from the company regarding the scope of the impact.
The following notice was sent to GCPS families:
Earlier this week, PowerSchool, an international provider of education administration software, announced that it had suffered a cybersecurity incident in late December. Although security of PowerSchool’s systems has been restored, data pertaining to students and educators at hundreds of school systems around the country were subjected to unauthorized access. The breach was limited to PowerSchool’s internal systems, and security of individual school system networks was not disturbed.
Giles County Public Schools utilizes PowerSchool software. We have asked PowerSchool to identify the scope of impact on information pertaining to members of our community, if there was any at all. Giles County Public Schools takes the privacy of our students’ and employees’ personal information very seriously. We will work with PowerSchool to ensure that any individuals impacted by this incident are directly notified.
