In compliance with the CT Student Data Privacy Law, ACES reports all occurrences of security or data breaches. The below list of application tools experienced a form of security breach. Parents of students involved received direct communication from their schools' administrator.

Vendor

Product

Date of
Notification

Breach
Description
(click link below)

# Students
Impacted

# Staff
Impacted

Type of
Breach

Action(s)

PowerSchool Software CompanyPowerSource01/07/2025PowerSchool description of incidentunknown at this timeunknown at this timePowerSchool Student Information System (“SIS”) data

-Working with PowerSchool affiliates to determine extent of breach.

-Working with our internal Educational Technology and Network Services Departments to determine extent of breach.

-ACES Coummnunity notification distributed on 1-8-2025 at 2:02pm EST

MicrosoftMicrosoft 365 Suite04/30/2024User received an email with a link to open a file from another CT school district.  When clicked, user provided information requested.  It was determined that this was a phishing email.01Username and password, personally identifiable information (PII) has been breachedWorked with a forensic group hired by ACES to investigate the breach.  Staff involved have been notified and have changed passwords. 
EdmodoEdmodo05/17/2017Edmodo's description of breach663Username and password, no personally identifiable informationStaff and students recommended to change passwords.
Parent/guardian notification sent for the six students.