The district said that, as of Tuesday, “day-to-day operations have returned to normal.”
SAN ANTONIO — The names, Social Security numbers and medical information of more than 26,000 people were exposed as part of a data breach impacting Alamo Heights ISD.
The San Antonio school district reported the breach to the office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday, saying that those affected were in the process of being notified by mail. It’s unclear how much of the affected population are students, staff or faculty members with Alamo Heights ISD, which serves about 4,700 students.
Financial information and driver’s license numbers were also made vulnerable, the report stated.
The district confirmed it “detected a ransomware incident that caused a temporary network outage to our systems,” according to Director of Communications Julie Ann Matonis. Alamo Heights ISD investigated the incident alongside law enforcement and cybersecurity experts while updating the district community.
“Following the forensic investigation, Alamo Heights Independent School District discovered that personal information was accessed and potentially downloaded as a result of the incident,” Matonis said. “Accordingly, we promptly notified impacted individuals in accordance with relevant breach notification requirements.”
She added that daily operations have resumed as normal as of Tuesday.
Click Here For The Original Source.
