May 18th, 2017

RE: Edmodo Breach

Dear Parents and Guardians,

The New York State Education Department has learned that Edmodo, Inc., a learning platform used by many schools including PS/IS102Q, has suffered a security incident that potentially affects the accounts of Edmodo users. Edmodo’s platform was hacked and the user names, email addresses, and hashed passwords of about millions of account users were acquired by an unknown, unauthorized third party.  

The Department is using this communication to ask districts to instruct their Edmodo users to reset their passwords immediately, and to warn them to be vigilant about phishing attacks that may result from this incident. Users who use the same password on multiple sites should be encouraged to change them on those sites as well. To reset a password on the Edmodo platform, users should:

1. Go to the Edmodo website and log in to your account.

2. Click on the “Password Reset” link in the notice at the top of the page.

3. Enter their current password, and then create a new password.

Questions about resetting passwords can be resolved by the Support Help Center on the Edmodo website, or you may reach out to our teachers for guidance.

Thank you.

William Ko, Principal