More than 70 million students and teachers had their personal data stolen in PowerSchool breach
As reported by BleepingComputer, the personal data of 62.4 million students and 9.5 million teachers was exposed during the attack when the threat actor used stolen credentials to access the PowerSchool customer support portal. After which, they used a maintenance access tool to download the data from districts’ PowerSIS databases.
What PowerSchool isn’t saying about its ‘massive’ student data breach
The hack has the potential to be one of the biggest of the year, but the edtech giant is refusing to answer important questions
PowerSchool breach FAQ: What to know about the data breach affecting NC schools
The hack of a K-12 software provider has left student and teacher information exposed in districts around the country. The breach has left many North Carolina students, teachers and families worried about the potential impact on their privacy.
EdTech Firm PowerSchool Suffers Significant Data Breach, Pays Ransom to Protect Stolen Information
EdTech firm PowerSchool suffered a significant data breach that leaked the sensitive personal information of students, teachers, and guardians, resulting in ransom payment.
PowerSchool Data Breach May Affect Southwestern Pa. Schools
As users of PowerSchool, a software company hit by a cyber attack last month, some Pennsylvania school districts are notifying families that student and parent names and addresses might be among the impacted data.
Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Investigates PowerSchool Data Breach
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / January 23, 2025 / PowerSchool recently disclosed that it suffered a data breach that compromised the
PowerSchool Data Breach May Have Affected 62M Kids, 9.5M Teachers
A new report from Bleeping Computer suggests the hacker infiltrated the entire PowerSchool userbase, but PowerSchool declined to confirm or deny the numbers to PCMag.
Thousands of CMS students, teachers impacted in data breach
A nationwide hack has exposed hundreds of thousands of students in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district, according to BleepingComputer.com
Data breach hitting PowerSchool looks very, very bad
Besides providing software for administration, grades, and other functions, PowerSchool stores personal data for students and teachers, with much of that data including Social Security numbers, medical information,
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CBE offers two years of free ID protection to families affected by PowerSchool attack
The Calgary Board of Education (CBE) is offering two years of free credit monitoring and identity protection to families ...
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'PowerSchool' hit by cyber attack
Two of Cheyenne County's school districts dodged the latest in cyber attacks when hackers found their way into PowerSchool, a data storage program used by many public schools.
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Park City School District not impacted by PowerSchool cyberattack
The Park City School District says it was not impacted by a recent data breach affecting its online education platform.
Student names, addresses exposed in cyber attack on Mississauga, Brampton schools
Names, addresses, birth dates and other critical data such as who is allowed to pick up a student from school, is information ...
Two South Georgia school districts say student, educator information exposed in PowerSchool cyberattack
A cybersecurity incident involving PowerSchool has compromised some users’ data in the Clinch County School District, ...
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PowerSchool online education platform used by Park City School District involved in cyber attack
The Park City School District’s online education platform PowerSchool was one of six across the state recently involved in a ...
Cyber incident at Ontario’s largest school board involves data going back to 1985
Software made by the company PowerSchool, which stores data for boards across the continent, was subject to a high-profile breach at the beginning of the year.