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Florida Department of Education

Florida Department of Education Data Breach (2013)

Florida Department of Education

mediumVERIS
Disclosed

May 31, 2013

4683 days ago

Records

47.0K

Confirmed

Root Cause

Human Error

Industry

Government

Description

The information of 47,000 Florida teachers was publicly accessible for 14 days after a data transfer at Florida State University. The information was from teachers participating in state prep programs. The Department of Education used Florida State University as the contractor for the transfer of teacher data.UPDATE (06/26/2013): People who participated in Florida teacher preparation programs during the 2009 -2010 and 2011-2012 academic years were affected.