![]() Visit Experian, Transunion and Equifax for credit freezes to protect against identity theft.We strongly advise against downloading or sharing any data released by the threat actor, as this plays into the cybercriminals’ hands by drawing attention to the information and increasing our community’s fear and panic.If you receive any of these threats or suspicious messages, report it to If you accessed any MPS devices from your personal online accounts, change those account passwords out of an abundance of caution. We continue to direct all individuals to the resources available on the MPS website related to these types of events - Safe Data Practices. Be aware of possible phishing events and other potential scams. We continue to caution you about receiving, interacting with, or responding to any suspicious emails or phone calls.We are offering all potentially affected individuals free credit monitoring and identity protection services through Experian. You will receive both an email and a mailed letter to ensure communication is completed. MPS has completed a review of the data posted on Tuesday, March 7 and will be directly contacting individuals whose information was accessible as a result of this event. Process and Timing for Contacting Impacted Individuals You will be contacted directly by MPS if our review indicates that your personal information has been impacted. We are working with cybersecurity specialists to quickly and securely download the data so that we can conduct an in-depth and comprehensive review to determine the full scope of what personal information was impacted and to whom the information relates. MPS is aware that the threat actor has released certain MPS data on the dark web today, a part of the internet accessible only with special software that allows users to remain untraceable. Thank you for your continued support of the MPS community. We recognize the anxiety this situation creates and are working as quickly as possible to review the data and contact impacted people. We apologize for the anxiety these criminals have caused staff, families and the entire MPS community. (View Steps You Can Take on the right side of this page.) ![]() Please go to our website to read about other ways to protect your financial accounts. We strongly advise against downloading or sharing any data released by the threat actor. If you used MPS devices to access any personal online accounts, change those account passwords. We do not have the results of that investigation.īut again – individuals whose information was accessible as a result will be contacted directly with notice of the informationIn the meantime, we continue to recommend these steps to the MPS community: Third – if you’ve received one or more of these messages, please forward them to review.Ī reminder again of that email address: we also continue to work with external specialists and law enforcement to review the data downloaded onto the web after March 7. Our messages notifying impacted individuals will include our name and logo. Second – these messages are not from MPS. This week, we’re seeing an uptick in reports of messages – sometimes multiple messages – sent to people in our community stating something like “your social security number has been posted on the dark web.”įirst – I want to remind everyone to NOT interact with such messages unless you KNOW the sender. Impacted individuals are receiving both an email and a mailed letter to ensure communication is completed, and some will receive free credit monitoring and identity protection services through Experian. MPS has completed a review of the MPS data posted online on March 7 and has contacted many individuals whose information was accessible as a result of this event. ![]() I want to reassure the MPS community that we continue to move forward to notify individuals who have been impacted by our recent data breach – and also extend our support to Rochester Public Schools who are this week grappling with the same criminal act within their IT system. Interim Superintendent Cox’s remarks at the April 11, 2023, MPS Regular Meeting of the Board of Education: This page will be updated regularly with information regarding our investigation into the encryption event MPS experienced.
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