May 14, 2025 Announcement: On May 7, staff from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) and school employees across the state received messages from threat actors claiming to possess data from the PowerSchool data breach that occurred in late 2024. NCDPI conducted an initial investigation and believes the threat actors have access to the same data tables that were originally compromised. NCDPI has notified the appropriate law enforcement agencies, who are actively investigating the incident.
Moore County Schools has not received any reports of employees being contacted by threat actors, and we will continue to monitor for suspicious emails.
Support Services Available:
We understand that this is a concerning development, and we remain committed to keeping our staff and families informed about the support services available to help protect your personal information.
Services include:
- Two years of complimentary identity protection for all affected students and educators
- Two years of complimentary credit monitoring for all affected adult students and educators
- Services are available regardless of whether a Social Security number was compromised
Important Reminder: PowerSchool has taken full responsibility for this data breach. There was nothing NCDPI, Moore County Schools, or any other public school unit in North Carolina could have done to prevent it.
February 4, 2025 Announcement: PowerSchool has begun sending notification emails to those impacted by their cybersecurity incident. They are using the email address
January 14, 2025 Announcement: We are aware of a cyber incident recently reported by PowerSchool, our former Student Information System provider, which impacted student and staff data across the state.
Key Points:
- PowerSchool reported a cyber incident to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) and shared that, with the assistance of CyberSteward, a cybersecurity firm, any breached data has been securely destroyed.
- While we fully transitioned to Infinite Campus in August of 2024, the state and PowerSchool stored legacy data from Moore County Schools, dating back to 2013.
- NCDPI has confirmed that Moore County Schools was included in the breached data. We are evaluating the full impact, but have confirmed that no student Social Security numbers were breached.
- PowerSchool has confirmed that there was nothing Moore County Schools or NCDPI could have done to prevent this cybersecurity incident. They will be contacting affected families and employees directly by the end of January.
- Additional information is available at the following website - https://www.powerschool.com/security/sis-incident/