{"id":460819,"date":"2026-10-09T04:24:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T04:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/460819\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T04:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T04:24:21","slug":"texas-school-districts-data-exposed-in-cybersecurity-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/460819\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas school districts\u2019 data exposed in cybersecurity incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791519860_927_FTW_02-AED_FortWorthISD.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"The Fort Worth Independent School District Administration building at 7060 Camp Bowie Blvd. on April 22, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas.\" alt=\"The Fort Worth Independent School District Administration building at 7060 Camp Bowie Blvd on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 in Fort Worth, Texas.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        The Fort Worth Independent School District Administration building at 7060 Camp Bowie Blvd. on April 22, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>                Abigail Dollins<\/p>\n<p>            Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>A data security incident in August jeopardized the personal information of employees in the Fort Worth and Crowley school districts in North Texas, the districts said.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Worth Independent School District <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fwisd.org\/\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said in a statement on its website<\/a> that it was notified by the software company Frontline Education of a data security incident in August. Frontline told Fort Worth ISD that the incident occurred on Aug. 14 and was addressed the next day.<\/p>\n<p>The incident affected school districts across the country. Frontline did not immediately respond to a request for comment about how many districts were affected. The company provides school administration software for K-12 schools.<\/p>\n<p>Crowley Independent School District said in an email to employees that employee information including names, email addresses, home addresses and Social Security numbers may have been exposed.<\/p>\n<p>Frontline will directly notify employees whose information was exposed, Fort Worth ISD said. The company has notified law enforcement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontlineeducation.com\/news\/information-and-support-regarding-recent-cybersecurity-notifications\/\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to its website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/251391923\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791519861_748_Ciara McCarthy.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Ciara McCarthy\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/251391923\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ciara McCarthy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Ciara McCarthy covers health and wellness as part of the Star-Telegram\u2019s Crossroads Lab. She came to Fort Worth after three years in Victoria, Texas, where she worked at the Victoria Advocate. Ciara is focused on equipping people and communities with information they need to make decisions about their lives and well-being. Please reach out with your questions about public health or the health care system. Email cmccarthy@star-telegram.com or call or text 817-203-4391.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fort Worth Independent School District Administration building at 7060 Camp Bowie Blvd. on April 22, 2026, in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-460819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}