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Current, former Davenport schools employee data potentially breached in September cyberattacl

Officials previously found no indication of data theft in the Sept. 7 attack, but later found that some current and former employee info may have been accessed.

DAVENPORT, Iowa — The information of some current and/or former Davenport Community School District employees may have been compromised in an early September cyberattack, according to a pair of releases from the district.

On Wed., Oct. 26, 6,409 residents were sent a release from DCSD detailing the events of and following the Sept. 7 cyberattack on systems within the district's network. 

After the attack, the district took immediate steps to secure its network and launch an investigation alongside digital forensics and incident response experts. 

Initially, officials did not believe that personal data had been compromised, but on Oct. 10, it was found that personal information, namely that of some current and/or former employees may have been accessed. 

The breach may have included names, social security numbers, driver's license numbers and medical information.

Authorities said that it currently has no evidence of misuse of the potentially-impacted information so far.

The district said that it is working to identify the people affected by the breach and providing resources to help, and that they are working with cyber security experts to prevent future attacks.

A statement released by the district reads, "On September 29, 2022, Davenport Community Schools reported that through its investigation of a recently experienced cyber incident, it had identified no evidence that personal information was impacted.  Following that statement, however, Davenport Community Schools learned that the incident potentially impacted personal information belonging to certain current / former employees.  Since then, Davenport Community Schools has been working diligently to identify contact information necessary to provide notification of the incident to potentially impacted individuals and to provide resources – including credit and dark web monitoring services – to assist them. Davenport takes this incident very seriously and is continuing to work with cybersecurity experts to take steps to help prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future."

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