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Seattle Public Schools security breach impacts thousands of students

KING 5 Seattle - (Washington) Seattle Public Schools notified the parents of at least 8,000 special education students November 13 of a November 11 security breach involving the private and personal information of their children including names, student identification numbers, and disabilities after a law firm retained by the district inadvertently sent the information to an individual involved in an ongoing case.

Source: http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/seattle/2014/11/14/seattle-public-schools-admits-to-security-breach-impacting-thousands-of-students/19012537/

Note: This news synopsis is taken from the DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report, a daily [Monday through Friday, except US Federal holidays] summary of open-source published information concerning significant critical infrastructure issues; a 10-day archive of the DOSIR can be found at: http://www.dhs.gov/dhs-daily-open-source-infrastructure-report.