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Cyber Attack In Corry Area School District May Impact Personal Information
The extent of the recent cyber attack impacting the Corry Area School District is growing.
District leaders first believed no personal information was compromised, but have now learned that possible personal information involving students and staff could be in jeopardy.
Superintendent Sheri Yetzer told Erie News Now that information could date back to 1995.
Staff was notified on Sunday.
She says, "I think it's very, very, very important for people to understand that when this information was presented to me on Saturday, we truly believed at that point we were OK with personal information for our students and staff because that information is housed off site through third party vendors. It wasn't until we returned to school this week and we had deeper conversations with employees that would house that type of information."
Yetzer told Erie News Now those conversations were with people in the payroll, human resources and student information departments.
She went on to say, that the district put security measures in place, even taking the system off-line, initially.
Yetzer says The districts computer system is still not working at full capacity, but educating the students is still being done this week.
There was a two-hour delay to classes on Monday, as district leaders tried to navigate issues.
The superintendent explained just what may have been impacted after all.
She told Erie News Now, "If I had to give you some examples of personal information for our students, it would be names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, transcripts. If I had to give you some examples of personal information for our staff, it might be, but W-2 information banking information such as routing numbers, account numbers again, name address. Social Security number."
Eight of the districts servers were impacted by the cyber attack. Local law enforcement is investigating and the districts is reviewing additional security measures.