Hackers tap EPISD system: Student and employee information compromised
The private information of thousands of El Paso Independent School District students, teachers and other employees is at risk after hackers broke into the district's internal computer network.
The security breach was discovered Wednesday when a computer security company noticed hackers bragging on a website about breaking into the EPISD system.
EPISD officials confirmed that the district's internal network (myepisd.org) was infiltrated and that hackers gained access to information such as names, birth dates, addresses and Social Security numbers of district employees and students. The EPISD issued a letter Wednesday night stating that officials were "taking this breach extremely seriously."
