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Independence School District

Independence School District Data Breach (2017)

Independence School District

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Disclosed

January 1, 2017

3372 days ago

Records

Undisclosed

Confirmed

Root Cause

Phishing

Industry

Education

Description

The school district employees were alerted to the scam in an email sent last Thursday. In it, the business office says “the names, social security numbers, addresses and earnings” of every employee was stolen in a phishing scam, where the crooks use fake emails or websites to steal personal information. The information was used to file fraudulent income tax returns, according to the email.