Company said it notified customers nationwide after a tech glitch exposed confidential data, but multiple districts said they knew nothing about it.
The 74 reports that although Diligent Corporation claims they notified all BoardDocs clients of a recently discovered data leak, many school districts had no awareness of any incident until The 74 contacted them.
BoardDocs, a software tool used by thousands of school boards to track meeting minutes and store confidential information, has suffered a data breach affecting districts nationally, The 74 has learned. Records at the center of the breach include confidential files protected by attorney-client privilege and other sensitive data that school leaders intended to keep under wraps.
… Multiple additional school districts that contract with BoardDocs, however, said they were unaware of the incident until they were contacted this week by The 74 and, in several instances, received confirmation of the breach from Diligent only after they reached out to the company directly to inquire about whether their own confidential records had been compromised.
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