Two BISD students recently hacked into a district server and accessed a file containing sensitive personal student information from the 2008-09 school year. The file has been removed from the server.

The students involved in the security breach will be appropriately disciplined according to district policy, and local law enforcement is investigating to determine if criminal charges will be filed.

At this time, BISD does not believe the files were ever used. However, the district has mailed a letter home to every student in the file.

"I am deeply sorry this incident occurred and the district takes full responsibility for the error," Superintendent Darrell Brown said. "We are implementing new policies and procedures to help ensure this does not happen again."

To further guard against identity theft, any family who had a student in BISD during the 2008-09 school year whose confidential information was compromised should consider taking these steps:

� Request a copy of their student's credit report and review it for unauthorized account activity.

� Contact a primary credit reporting bureau to have a fraud alert placed on the report. That credit bureau will notify the other two bureaus.

� Report any unauthorized charges and accounts to the appropriate credit issuers and credit bureaus immediately by phone and in writing. Cancel the accounts.

� If you have unauthorized charges or activity, file a police report with your local law enforcement agency and keep a copy of that report. Many banks and credit agencies require such a report before they will acknowledge that a theft has occurred.

Visit www.texasfightsidtheft.gov

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