"Data Breach at Elmbrook School District Exposes Personal Information About Former And Current Employees"
It has recently been discovered that a data breach affecting current and former Elmbrook School District employees continued even after the district was aware of the problem. The district learned its system had been compromised on Aug. 23, 2022. An investigation revealed that files were removed from Aug. 23-27, 2022. According to district officials, names and Social Security numbers of current and former employees of the Elmbrook School District were exposed in a data breach last year. The total number of people affected by the breach is unknown. Elmbrook School Chief Strategy Officer Chris Thompson stated that once the district learned of the breach, they investigated with the help of cybersecurity professionals. The initial group of employees affected was informed in late September and October 2022. Thompson noted that the breach also targeted other K-12 school districts nationwide. He said the district was never locked out of its files, nor was there a ransom request for those files. To improve the district's data security, Thompson said the district has partnered with a security service firm to provide 24/7 managed services of its network. Some employees are just learning that their information was affected by the breach. Former Elmbrook employee Luna Cieslak was among those whose information was compromised. She didn't learn of the breach until late March.