Student Medical Records Exposed After LAUSD Breach

Hundreds of special education students psych records have turned up on the Dark Web. School records like these are covered by FERPA, not HIPAA, so parents have little recourse.

On Feb. 22, the education news site The 74 Million revealed that the hacking group Vice Society had posted hundreds, if not thousands, of
psychological evaluations of special education students
in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).
The leaked information reportedly includes personal information like names, diagnoses, family immigration status, and allegations of physical and sexual abuse.
Since The 74s story, the official
@LASchools Twitter account
has sent messages about Dream Act applications, Anti-Bullying Day, and Eva Longoria. The account of
LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho
has tweeted about school building improvements, Narcan, and a new Portuguese language center. The LAUSD website has not posted updates on the breach, first reported over Labor Day weekend in 2022, since
Sept. 30
.
Subsequent news stories
refer to a written statement from IT infrastructure senior administrator Jack Kelanic, which was distributed upon individual request and not posted to the district site or Twitter. About Kelanics statement, the
Los Angeles Daily Mail wrote
, The 500 psychological evaluation forms analyzed by The 74 were primarily from former students born in the late 1980s and 1990s. Kelanic also said that 60 of the leaked student assessments were those of current students.
When a hospital system lets that kind of information go public, it faces
fines and other repercussions
under HIPAA. However, when a school leaks it, the breach is covered by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), meaning the responsibility to
file complaints
lies with individual parents.

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