4,500 Accounts Impacted By Cyber Attack On Prince George's County Public Schools

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — Approximately 4,500 user accounts out of 180,000 were impacted by a cyber attack on the Prince George's County Public Schools network. The breach was detected Monday morning.

Most of the user accounts affected were staff accounts.

"The school system is still assessing the full scope of this incident, but as of this time, the main business and student information systems – Oracle and SchoolMAX – do not appear to be impacted by this event," the school district stated.

Critical network systems have been restored and additional functions were brought back online gradually Monday. However, out of an abundance of caution, all PGCPS users are required to reset their passwords starting Tuesday.

The users affected by the cyber attack will be contacted with any additional information after a team of external cybersecurity experts reviews the incident, the school district noted.