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,
PowerSchool data breach a ‘statewide issue,’ more than 300,000 teachers had SS number exposed
Professor noted the need for continued pushes for multi-factor authentication for educational services that require such extensive identifying information.
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
The PowerSchool Breach May Have Compromised Over 70 Million Users' Data
One of the latest significant information leaks involves data from PowerSchool, a software provider for thousands of K–12 school districts in the United States and Canada. The incident affected millions of users.
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 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.
Lawsuits Filed Following Massive PowerSchool Data Breach
PowerSchool says its software stores information of over 62 million K-12 students and teachers across more than 18,000 customers.
Expert issues warning after PowerSchool data breach
PowerSchool, a widely used platform among districts in western Washington, including Seattle and Everett, confirmed the breach.
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
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Millions Impacted by PowerSchool Data Breach
Four decades of student and educator information was stolen from PowerSchool – tens of millions are potentially affected.
Malware stole internal PowerSchool passwords from engineer’s hacked computer
The theft of a PowerSchool engineer's passwords prior to the breach raises further doubts about the company's security ...
PowerSchool breach exposes thousands of Social Security numbers in North Carolina
A PowerSchool data breach has exposed the Social Security numbers of more than 300,000 teachers and 900 students in North Carolina.
PowerSchool’s Cyberbreach Not a Saskatchewan Issue
PowerSchool, a U.S.-based provider of student information software, recently notified school boards in Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and the Maritime provinces about a potential ...
Powerschool partners with Experian to provide identity protection after data breach
PowerSchool announced on Friday, Jan. 17 that they had contracted with Experian to offer identity protection and credit monitoring services to all students and ...