PowerSchool Cybersecurity Incident Update for Bridgewater Raritan School District

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Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District-SIS Incident | PowerSchool

January 14, 2025

We are writing to make you aware of a recent cybersecurity incident involving PowerSchool, a software vendor that provides our Student Information System (SIS).

PowerSchool informed our leadership team that it experienced a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to certain PowerSchool SIS customer data. Unfortunately, PowerSchool confirmed that the information belongs to some of Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District’s families and educators.

PowerSchool informed us that the taken data primarily includes parent and student contact information with data elements such as name and address information. Across its customer base, PowerSchool determined that for a portion of individuals, some personally identifiable information (PII), such as social security numbers (SSN) and medical information, was impacted.

Please note, that the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District does not store the Social Security numbers of current students in PowerSchool.

Protecting our students is something we take seriously. With PowerSchool’s help, more information and resources (including credit monitoring or identity protection services if applicable) will be provided to you as it becomes available.

Please refer to the attached link for additional information from PowerSchool.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

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