(Limited to 6th level class)
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Personal info for as many as 70,000 public school students may hold been compromised after a University of hi vendor charged with overseeing a college and career planning website detected suspicious unauthorized access to one of its servers.
The University of Hawaii said the following information for affected students may have been exposed:
Name
Birthday
Gender
Race
Ethnicity
Permanent address
Mailing address
Grade level
Courses taken and grades
Cumulative weighted score point Average (GPA)
Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) scores and proficiency levels
Social Security numbers were not compromised.
The University of Hawaiis P-20 Partnerships for education provided the third-party vendor Graduation Alliance with the personal info so it could feed a website called My future Hawaii. The website is aimed at giving middle and high schooltime students college and career preparation resources, financial aid guidance, and an expedited application process for UH.
UH said once the potentiality exposure was discovered, gradation alliance shut down My Future hawai'i and hired a security firm to investigate.
Updates on the incident will be posted online here. The Department of education is also sending a letter to parents of students who may have been impacted.
Authorities are investigating to mold the potential scope of the exposure.
Schools with student data in the My Future Hawaii portal are:
Admiral Arthur W. Radford High
Aiea High
Kula Kaiapuni O Anuenue
James B. Castle High
Connections NCPCS
Wallace Rider Farrington High
Hana high and Elementary
Hawaii Academy of Arts and Science PCS
Hawaii school for the Deaf and the Blind
Hawaii technology Academy PCS
Kaiser High
Baldwin High
Hilo High
Honokaa high and Intermediate
Campbell High
Kahuku High and Intermediate
Kailua High
Kaimuki High
Kalaheo High
Kalani High
Kamaile Academy PCS
Kanuikapono learning snapper PCS
Kapaa High
Kapolei High
Kau high & Pahala Elementary
Kauai High
Kawaikini NCPCS
Ke Kula Niihau o Kekaha learning center A Laboratory PCS
Ke Kula o Ehunuikaimalino
Ke Kula o Samuel M. Kamakau, LPCS
Keaau High
Kealakehe High
King Kekaulike High
Kohala High
Konawaena High
Kua o ka La PCS
Lahainaluna High
Lanai High & Elementary
Laupahoehoe Community PCS
Leilehua High
Maui High
Mililani High
Moanalua High
Molokai High
Nanakuli High & Intermediate
Niihau
Olomana
Pahoa high & Intermediate
Pearl city High
Roosevelt High
McKinley High
Waiakea High
Waialua high & Intermediate
Waianae High
Waimea High
Waipahu High
West Hawaii Explorations Academy PCS
Hilo Intermediate
Waimea canyon Middle
Lahaina Intermediate
Molokai Middle
Washington Middle
Ilima Intermediate
Ewa Makai Middle School
Waipahu Elementary (Limited to 6th grade class)
Waipahu Intermediate
Waianae Intermediate