STATEMENT: RCS network disruption, online posting

Rutherford County Schools experienced a network and systems disruption on Nov. 25, 2024. Our teams have worked diligently to restore those services, and most are back to full functionality using our backup and recovery procedures.

The school district has been working with national experts and law enforcement to fully investigate the matter, and that investigation is ongoing.

This morning, we were notified that the party believed to have caused the disruption has now made a post online claiming to have some employee personal data, and it appears some files were obtained pertaining to certain employees. This claim is being fully investigated, and to the extent it is determined that any employee personal information was affected by this event, we will notify those employees who were affected in accordance with applicable law.

To our knowledge, there has been no posting of student personal data, and our investigation to date has not found that student personal data has been obtained from our student information computers.

In the meantime, our schools continue to operate normally and are focused on the academic goals for our students.