Massive Data Breach Exposes Sensitive Information of NYC Public School Students and Staff

A data breach affecting nearly 45,000 students and staff members of NYC Public Schools has been reported. The breach occurred through a file transfer software called MOVEit, and approximately 19,000 documents were accessed without authorization. The impacted data includes student evaluations, Medicaid reports, and internal records related to Department of Education employees. The Department of Education is working with NYC Cyber Command to remediate the issue and has no reason to believe there is any ongoing unauthorized access to DOE systems.