Marysville School District provides update on data breach

p Now pp69pp Sat pp72pp Sun pp73ppLicking Valley heads to Granville to take on the Aces Kickoff is at 7 pmppby Mike McCarthyppDuring a Marysville City Council meeting Monday council member Steven Wolfe suggested moving funds around in the capital budget and committing to keeping the SROs in school buildings WSYX file photoppTOPICSppMARYSVILLE Ohio WSYX Current and former students at Marysville Schools have started receiving letters notifying them that their personal information was compromised during a cybersecurity incident last fall that resulted in classes being cancelled for a day ppThe letter which the district has also posted on its website comes from a PO Box in West Sacramento California ppSuperintendent Zack Howard said the letter is from a company hired by the district to contact individuals directly impacted by the October 2024 breachppAlthough we are unaware of any identity theft or fraud in relation to the event we are providing you with information about the event our response and resources available to help you protect your information should you feel appropriate to do so the letter readsppABC 6 has learned that at least one former staff member has received the letter as wellppHoward didnt have details about how many letters were being sentppCertainly alumni staff and parentsguardians would be included Weve been notified that in some cases addresses that were involved in the breach would have notices mailed to current and former residents of the addresses listed So the notices are likely very farreaching Howard said in an emailppThose who received the notice were offered free credit monitoring and identity theft protection for a yearppAccording to the letter an investigation involving thirdparty cybersecurity and data privacy specialists found that an unauthorized actor accessed the districts network various times between Oct 5th Oct 26th 2024ppCertain information contained within those systems was copied and may have been viewed by the unauthorized actor during that time the letter statesppThe letter specifies what files were impacted for recipients on a casebycase basisppFederal and state investigations have been underway according to the letterppThe district said as part of an ongoing effort its reviewing existing security policies and dedicating significant resources to put more security measures in place to protect against future similar eventsp