CLAY COUNTY, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV)— On December 22, 2024, PowerSchool, an application used by Clay Community Schools, was hacked.
Clay Community Schools Superintendent Timothy Rayle said that they were notified about this on January 7. This led to social security numbers along with other personal information of 9th-12th grade students being stolen.
Rayle added parent or guardian information, and some staff members information was also stolen. Rayle said that there is nothing that the school corporation could’ve done to stop this from happening.
“PowerSchool had a maintenance program that we were unaware of that had an export ability with a password which was stolen,” said Rayle. “This password was the same for every school district, so without us knowing that, we never would’ve allowed a maintenance program with an export.”
Rayle said the school corporation sent a letter to those impacted. He added that PowerSchool will be contacting those impacted with resources to help monitor their data.
