Cyber Communications

Dear Tucson Unified Community,

As you are aware, our district joined an ever-growing number of U.S. school districts that have been targeted by cybercriminals when we experienced a sophisticated cybersecurity incident at the end of January. From the earliest moments of this incident, our team committed to providing updates as quickly as possible. In the spirit of full transparency and timely communication, we wanted to ensure that we are doing all that we can to provide you with the latest progress on this incident.

Recently, an external team of experienced cyber security professionals finalized an extensive review of documents and files containing personal information that were potentially accessed and/or acquired. The comprehensive nature of the investigative review of these files required a one by one review of approximately one million individual records over the past several months.

As this process has now concluded, the investigation identified approximately 29,000 people who had personal information potentially accessed and/or acquired. At this time, we are finalizing individual notification letters to those 29,000 potentially impacted people. The letters will list what personal information was identified during the investigation.

As a district, we are intent on continuing to support those whose information was potentially accessed and/or acquired. The individual notification letters provide the best guidance on steps that can be taken to protect against potential fraud. In addition to providing the individual notifications, we have set up a call center to help answer any questions you may have.

Maintaining the privacy and security of the personal information of those connected with TUSD is of the utmost importance to us, and we continually evaluate and modify our practices to enhance its security and privacy.  I want to express my appreciation for your patience and support during this unprecedented cyber incident on our community as well as to extend our apologies for the inconvenience, stress, and anxiety the incident may have caused you and your loved ones. 

Sincerely,

Dr. Gabriel Trujillo
Superintendent