Some cybersecurity and privacy experts say that the cyberattack on Illuminate Education amounts to a warning for industry and government regulators
The software that many school districts use to track students’ progress can record extremely confidential information on children: “Intellectual disability.” “Emotional Disturbance.” “Homeless.” “Disruptive.” “Defiance.” “Perpetrator.” “Excessive Talking.” “Should attend tutoring.”
Now some cybersecurity and privacy experts say that the cyberattack on Illuminate Education amounts to a warning for industry and government regulators. Although it was not the largest hack on an ed tech company, these experts say they are troubled by the nature and scope of the data breach — which, in some cases, involved delicate personal details about students or student data dating back more than a decade.
Since 2014, California, Colorado and dozens of other states have passed student data privacy and security laws. In 2014, dozens of K-12 ed tech providers signed on to a national student privacy pledge, promising to maintain a “comprehensive security program.” Based in Irvine, California, Illuminate Education is one of the nation’s leading vendors of student-tracking software.
On March 25, Illuminate notified the district that certain company databases had been subject to unauthorized access, said Nathaniel Styer, press secretary for New York City Public Schools. The incident, he said, affected about 800,000 current and former students across roughly 700 local schools. “Our students deserved a partner that focused on having adequate security, but instead their information was left at risk,” Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement to The New York Times. Adams added that his administration was working with regulators “as we push to hold the company fully accountable for not providing our students with the security promised.”
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