The Department of Education was recently notified by PowerSchool, the software
vendor which provides the Student Information System used by schools of the Diocese
of Rockville Centre, of a cybersecurity breach affecting many of its customers nationally
and 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.