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 Company PowerSource 01/07/2025 PowerSchool description of incident unknown at this time unknown at this time PowerSchool 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
Microsoft Microsoft 365 Suite 04/30/2024 User 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. 0 1 Username and password, personally identifiable information (PII) has been breached Worked with a forensic group hired by ACES to investigate the breach.  Staff involved have been notified and have changed passwords. 
Edmodo Edmodo 05/17/2017 Edmodo's description of breach 6 63 Username and password, no personally identifiable information Staff and students recommended to change passwords.
Parent/guardian notification sent for the six students.