At least three MetroWest school districts were affected by a data breach linked to cloud software provider PowerSchool.

Parents and educators are receiving notifications about the breach, but it’s still unclear exactly how many people have been affected or what information was leaked.

Some students and employees in Rapides Parish schools might have had their personal information compromised because of a breach with a company used by the district for its student information system,

The educational software giant said it doesn’t anticipate any of the compromised information “being shared or made public,” as a review of the incident continues.

The data breach involved PowerSchool, a student information system provider for several school districts. On December 28th, 2024, PowerSchool found unauthorized access to data through its customer support portal.

In an FAQ obtained by TechCrunch, PowerSchool confirms it negotiated with the threat actors responsible for the breach.

Several central Ohio school districts have confirmed student, family and educator data may have been accessed in a data breach of a popular student information software. PowerSchool is a student information system that can be used by school districts to organize student data,

Massachusetts school districts report a data breach of PowerSchool system affecting sensitive student information.

Area school districts might have been impacted by the cyberattack of a nationwide education software cloud-based platform called PowerSchool, used to store sensitive student data.