California Student Records Exposed in ETS Cyberattack

The California Department of Education says a cyberattack on testing contractor Educational Testing Service exposed files containing personal information about millions of current and former public school students. The full number of affected students has not been established. The department said an unauthorized person used a compromised login to access ETS’s secure file-transfer site and copy student-information files at various times from May 22 through September 18, 2026. ETS identified the unauthorized activity on September 25, according to the department’s account. Officials notified students and families on October 16. The information varied by student and included names, addresses, birth dates, demographic details and disability status. Other reported categories include grade level, school and district, assessment information, unique student identifiers, language status and eligibility for some federal programs. Officials said Social Security numbers, financial account details and passwords were not accessed; parent and guardian information was not involved. The breach reaches beyond the state’s current enrollment, according to department information and reporting on...