Some current and former Sherman ISD employees had their Social Security numbers, birth dates and driver's license numbers exposed in a data breach at one of the district's software vendors, the district said Tuesday.
The vendor is Frontline Education, which Sherman ISD uses for its finance and human resources work. In a notice posted to its website Oct. 27, the district said an unauthorized party got into Frontline's systems in August and that the incident touched school employees across the country, not only in Sherman.
Frontline told the district on Oct. 16 which data was involved, according to the notice. The district stressed that the intrusion happened inside the vendor's systems, that Sherman ISD's own network was not breached and that nothing its employees did caused it. Frontline has said it knows of no misuse of the stolen information, the district said.
What was taken
For the affected Sherman ISD employees, the files included full names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and driver's license numbers. The district did not say how many people are affected; its notice says "several" current and former employees were in the files, and that the exact details vary from person to person.
Anyone who gets a notice from the district or from Frontline was included, the district said.
What employees can do
Frontline is mailing letters to the people affected that offer two years of credit monitoring and identity protection through TransUnion at no cost. The district is urging employees to watch for the letter and follow its enrollment steps.
