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 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 Notice of Data Breach
In compliance with State laws, the purpose of this notice is to share some important information regarding a recent cybersecurity incident involving personal information belonging to current or former students and teachers ("individuals") of schools that use or used software called PowerSchool Student Information System (SIS).
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
Individual notices starting to go out about PowerSchool data breach
If you're a student or teacher — or were one in the past few decades — you may soon be getting a head's up that your personal information was accessed as part of the widespread PowerSchool cyber breach that recently hit Canadian school boards.
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.
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 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.
PowerSchool data breach hits BCHS
Beaverhead County High School's student and employee information were included in a cybersecurity data breach of the PowerSchool web-based student information system, officials said.
PowerSchool warns state officials more than 9,000 NH residents affected by data breach
Education technology giant PowerSchool has begun notifying individuals affected by a data breach late last year that may impact millions of students and teachers across North America, including more t
Data from hundreds of thousands of N.L. students breached in PowerSchool cyberattack
Data belonging to hundreds of thousands of Newfoundland and Labrador students was breached in a cyberattack targeting an information system used by schools across the country.
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PowerSchool Breach Affected 33,000 Maine Residents
At least nine school districts in Maine notified families of the data breach on education software company PowerSchool in December, which might have exposed names, birthdates and Social Security ...
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Farmington-area schools honored; board hears data breach update
RSU 9 board members learned Tuesday that two district schools were being recognized by a state group, in addition to hearing an update on a recent PowerSchool data breach.