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OH: Forest Hills data security breach roils parents

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Dissent

Ally Marotti and Bowdeya Tweh report:

The Forest Hills School District had a computer security breach earlier this month, where information on all of the district’s more than 9,000 students was accidentally sent to most district parents.

District officials Friday told parents about the breach that included student identification numbers, home addresses and parent email addresses.

They acted after opponents of the district’s controversial building plans apparently used the parent list to send a mass email urging opposition to a $103 million building bond issue on the November ballot.

Erika Daggett, communications coordinator for the Anderson Township district, said the security breach occurred through a back-to-school notification where the student and parent information was mistakenly attached.

Read more on Cincinnati.com.

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