2026 Spokane Public Schools — network security incident; PowerSchool/payroll offline; staff notified
Data compromised
Per superintendent: specific district staff identified as impacted and contacted; student-data risk and full inventory still under investigation. PowerSchool, payroll, and other systems taken offline. Census unpublished.
Technical writeup
Verified Spokane Public Schools family/staff notices — September 21–22, 2026. District reported a network security incident beginning late September 20, took PowerSchool, payroll, and other systems offline out of caution, hired a third-party expert, and said identified impacted individuals so far were specific staff who were contacted. Student information exposure not confirmed; schools remained open with manual teacher workarounds. Headcount and root cause unpublished — recordsAffected 0; companyConfirmed true.
Root cause
Network security incident detected ~Sep 20, 2026; systems taken offline pending investigation (district notices)
References
- https://www.kxly.com/news/abundance-of-caution-spokane-schools-confirms-security-incident-with-powerschool/article_83434f58-2694-46c5-9c29-b37d55b1b0e7.html
- https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/102596-spokane-public-schools-faces-cybersecurity-incident
- https://databreaches.net/2026/09/22/spokane-public-schools-takes-some-systems-offline-after-network-security-incident/