(TNS) — Richmond Public Schools officials on Monday night said that some of the data that had been accessed by hackers during a cybersecurity attack nearly three weeks ago “may have been posted to the dark web.”“We’re working with law enforcement to confirm this information and investigate the scope of information disclosed,” RPS officials said in a statement.The dark web is a portion of the Internet that runs on multiple overlay networks and requires special software or a special browser to access. It is often used for illegal activity, such as drug and weapons sales, child sexual abuse material, and the publication of stolen financial or personal information.The actors who breached RPS’ systems previously claimed to have accessed “sensitive data,” and threatened to publish it to a “leak site” if officials did not meet certain demands. RPS is in possession of employees’ names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, dates of birth, home addresses and limited medical information.The Oct. 21 hack has disabled several of RPS’ technology-based services and forced the shutoff of Internet connection district-wide. Officials have since provided access to a “secure alternate access” reachable by RPS Chromebooks.The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Virginia State Police are assisting in the investigation.RPS Superintendent Jason Kamras previously announced the district would be offering impacted individuals a year of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection through Experian.“We are mindful of the trust our students and their families, our teachers and staff, and the local community place in our organization,” RPS officials said in their Monday statement. “We are committed to transparency as we learn more about the scope of the incident.”© 2026 Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
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