ETS breach may have exposed PUSD student records dating to 2023–24

What happened

Unauthorized access to an Educational Testing Service (ETS) system resulted in student information being copied, including records dating back to the 2023–24 school year. PUSD says it does not know which district students, if any, were affected; ETS is notifying affected families and offering two years of identity-protection services.

Why it matters to families

The copied records may include students’ names, birth dates, home addresses, program participation, and test results. ETS says Social Security numbers, financial-account information, and passwords were not included, and PUSD says the incident was in an ETS system, not a PUSD system.

The evidence

PUSD’s November 4 notice says unauthorized access to an ETS system led to copying student information dating to 2023–24; PUSD has not been told which of its students, if any, were affected. The notice lists the types of information that may have been included, identifies information ETS says was not included, and says ETS will notify affected families and provide two years of identity-protection services.

The source