It’s regrettable the governor has chosen to deflect blame onto the journalists who uncovered the website’s problem and brought it to DESE’s attention.” Post-Dispatch Publisher Ian Caso said Thursday, “We stand by our reporting and our reporter who did everything right.
The paper says it delayed publishing the news to give the department time to take steps to protect the information.
The paper reports DESE removed the affected pages Tuesday after The Post notified them of the breach. Louis Post-Dispatch reported it discovered the vulnerability in a web application that allowed the public to search teacher certifications and credentials. Parson didn’t name the media outlet but yesterday The St. “We apologize to the hard-working Missouri teachers who now have to wonder if their personal information was compromised for pathetic political gain by what is supposed to be one of Missouri’s news outlets,” said Gov. The state says it is unaware of any misuse of the information. The governor says this data was not freely available and had to be converted and decoded in order to be revealed. These records were located within the educator certification data available on DESE’s website and were only accessible on an individual basis.
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Officials say through a multi-step process, an individual took the records of at least three educators, unencrypted the source code from the webpage, and viewed the social security number (SSN) of those specific educators.ĭESE notified the state’s Office of Administration Information Technology Services Division and the educator certification search tool was disabled. Trending – Thieves are sneaking into cars at St.
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