PowerSchool begins notifying students and teachers

PowerSchool begins notifying students and teachers after massive data breach
The edtech giant is notifying state attorneys general about the breach but won’t say how many individuals have been affected
PowerSchool starts sending breach notifications, but there are still questions left to answer
Education software platform PowerSchool has started sending breach notifications to victims of a December 2024 cyberattack, but has yet to share how many people were affected or what exactly happened,
PowerSchool starts notifying victims of massive data breach
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.
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 reports data breach, how students and educators are affected
TRI-CITIES, Wash. - Software company PowerSchool recently reported a data breach that affects students and educators, which may include those in many school districts in Washington and Oregon.
Data breach hitting PowerSchool looks very, very bad
Bleeping Computer on Wednesday also reported that an extortion note the attacker sent to PowerSchool claimed that the personal data of 62.4 million students and 9.5 million teachers was swept up in the breach. PowerSchool said it’s offering two years of free credit monitoring to all those affected.
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.
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.
The total scope of PowerSchool data breach is still unclear as impacted individuals are contacted
A third-party software provider that maintains student and teacher data for school districts across the country disclosed it suffered a data breach earlier this month.
More than 33,000 Mainers affected by PowerSchool data breach, new filing shows
In a filing with the Office of the Maine Attorney General this week, PowerSchool reported approximately 33,488 Maine residents were affected by the breach. The number of Mainers affected will likely go up. This is only a preliminary filing with the state and PowerSchool is still investigating the breach.
PowerSchool data breach a ‘statewide issue,’ 300K+ teachers’ social security numbers exposed
Professor noted the need for continued pushes for multi-factor authentication for educational services that require such extensive identifying information.
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