Breaches and incidents
Spokane Public Schools (Washington): network security incident, PowerSchool and payroll taken offline
The Spokesman-Review reported on 22 Sep 2026 that the district “experienced a ‘cybersecurity incident’ Sunday night” (20 Sep), families were notified...
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What happened
- The Spokesman-Review reported on 22 Sep 2026 that the district “experienced a ‘cybersecurity incident’ Sunday night” (20 Sep), families were notified Monday morning of a “network security incident”, and “The impacted systems include PowerSchool and the district’s payroll system.”
- Root cause: not disclosed.
- No attacker named; Superintendent Adam Swinyard said it is too early to speculate on “who might be responsible.”
- Swinyard said “We chose to take those systems offline out of an abundance of caution”, a third-party technical expert was brought in, and “it is too early to speculate on the extent of information affected.”