Boston Public School System Data Breach (2013)
Boston Public School System
mediumVERIS
Disclosed
January 1, 2013
4833 days ago
Records
21.1K
Confirmed
Root Cause
Lost Device
Industry
Education
Description
More than 20,000 students across 36 schools in the Boston Public School (BPS) system had their data compromised when the district's ID card vendor Plastic Card Systems lost a flash drive containing the information.