Education software giant PowerSchool has started notifying individuals in the U.S. and Canada whose personal data was exposed in a late December 2024 cyberattack. Though this is a step forward, the company has still not officially disclosed the exact number of individuals impacted by the security incident. Moreover, a detailed report on what exactly has happened, expected by CrowdStrike, who …
Read More »PowerSchool hacker claims they stole data of 62 million students
The hacker who breached education tech giant PowerSchool claimed in an extortion demand that they stole the personal data of 62.4 million students and 9.5 million teachers. PowerSchool is a cloud-based software solutions provider for K-12 schools and districts that provides tools for enrollment, communication, attendance, staff management, learning systems, analytics, and finance. On January 7th, PowerSchool disclosed that it …
Read More »PowerSchool Confirms Breach: Was Your Kid’s Data Exposed?
Education technology giant PowerSchool has confirmed a data breach that may have exposed information on millions of schoolchildren, putting them at risk of identity theft. PowerSchool has over 18,000 clients, covering 75% of K-12 students across North America and 60 million in the US, TechCrunch reports. It is a public company, acquired by Bain Capital in 2024 for $5.6 billion. …
Read More »PowerSchool hit by cyberattack which saw student and teacher data stolen
PowerSchool said that in late December, threat actors accessed its student information system and stole data on students and teachers We don’t know exactly how many people were affected by the breach The data was allegedly deleted PowerSchool, a major education technology software platform for K-12 schools, has confirmed suffering a cyberattack resulting in the theft of sensitive student and …
Read More »PowerSchool hack exposes student, teacher data from K-12 districts
Education software giant PowerSchool has confirmed it suffered a cybersecurity incident that allowed a threat actor to steal the personal information of students and teachers from school districts using its PowerSchool SIS platform. PowerSchool is a cloud-based software solutions provider for K-12 schools and districts that supports over 60 million students and over 18,000 customers worldwide. The company offers a …
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