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MCPS Superintendent Addresses Hellgate Data Breach – Takes Full Responsibility

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Dissent

Updating the Hellgate High School breach reported yesterday, Peter Christian reports that MCPS Superintendent Mark Thane addressed the data breach that occurred last Friday:

“The breach occurred when an email was sent from the Hellgate administration that was intended to convey notes from a recent parents meeting,” Thane said. “The document was, in fact, corrupted and contained an extra 16 pages of personally identifiable information about Hellgate students, and one Hellgate staff member.”

[…]

Following his prepared statement, Thane was asked if he thought the data release was a deliberate act.

“We don’t believe so, but we have begun a thorough investigation and four administrative computers have been sealed as of Saturday morning, and have been turned over for forensic evaluation,” Thane said. “there were about 30 parents who attended a football meeting on Tuesday and Thursday nights, and at that point in time, an email list was generated so that the notes from that meeting could be shared with the parents.”

Read more on KGVO.


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