Impact & Downstream Threats
This breach carries high risk due to the nature of exposed data fields and the scale of affected records.
- Credential stuffing against reused passwords across other platforms
- Identity verification bypass using name + date of birth combination
- Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
Breach Intelligence
Executive Summary
In March 2018, the Florida Virtual School (FLVS) posted a data breach notification to their website. The school had identified a data breach which had occurred sometime between 6 May 2016 and 12 Feb 2018 and an XML file containing 368k student records was subsequently found circulating. Each record contained student name, date of birth, password, grade, email and parent email resulting in a total of 543k unique email addresses. Due to the prevalence of email addresses belonging to individuals who are still legally children, the data breach has been flagged as "sensitive".
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About Florida Virtual School
Online public school in Florida. FLVS.
Data Points Exposed
Dark Web Verification
Status: Confirmed
- Dataset containing approximately 543K records identified in breach intelligence sources.
- The data is indexed and searchable across breach notification platforms.
Recommended Actions
⚠️ Do not assume this is low sensitivity.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In February 2018, Florida Virtual School experienced a data breach that exposed approximately 543K records containing personal information.
The exposed data includes fields such as date of birth, education information:school grade, email address, full name, password.
Approximately 543K records were affected based on current breach intelligence.
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