PowerSchool, Data Breach

PowerSchool data breach for some included personally identifiable information
A data breach at education-management software company PowerSchool appears to have included personally identifiable information for some current and former students and teachers across the country.
Students, Educators Impacted by PowerSchool Data Breach
PowerSchool says the personal information of students and educators was stolen in a December 2024 data breach.
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 Breach Victim Says Hackers Stole All Student Data
The school districts that had their data stolen in the recent cyberattack on PowerSchool say hackers now have access to their previous student and teacher data. Why It Matters The edtech giant provides services impacting more than 50 million students,
Cybersecurity breach affects Va. school divisions through PowerSchool system
A cybersecurity breach at PowerSchool, a software company that supports school operations, has compromised student, parent and teacher information across potentially 85 Virginia school divisions. PowerSchool disclosed on Dec.
'Damage beyond a dollar cost': CHCCS PowerSchool data breach
Parents and officials discuss the PowerSchool data breach: what happened, how it happened and how the platform plans to solve it.
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.
Canada's privacy commissioner in talks with PowerSchool over data breach
Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne confirmed that his office is in contact with PowerSchool, which provides the affected platforms to educational institutions in Canada and the US.
PowerSchool brings in FBI, cybersecurity experts to investigate data breach
The company supports over 60 million students and has over 18,000 customers worldwide, helping schools keep track of grades, attendance and class schedules, along with other education and management tasks.
PowerSchool data breach: What to know, how students are impacted
PowerSchool, a software provider popular at K-12 schools, was the target of a data breach in late December that affected many districts in the U.S. and in other countries, according to the company and several impacted schools .
Toronto school district says 40 years of student data stolen in PowerSchool breach
Canada’s largest school board says hackers may have accessed some 40 years’ worth of student data during the recent PowerSchool breach. In a letter sent to parents this week, the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) said that the data breach affected all students enrolled in the district between September 1985 and December 2024.
How victims of PowerSchool’s data breach helped each other investigate ‘massive’ hack
School workers say they resorted to crowdsourcing help among each other following PowerSchool's breach, fueled by solidarity ...
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PowerSchool thieves net decades of Canadian students' records, hit 40-plus US states
Lawsuits pile up after database accessed by miscreants Canada's largest school board has revealed that student records dating ...
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Hanover County Schools impacted by nationwide cybersecurity breach at PowerSchool operations software company
Hanover County Public Schools have recently been impacted by a nationwide cybersecurity breach at the school operations software company, PowerSchool.
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 hackers have your kid’s info. These 3 steps will protect them
You may have heard the news about the PowerSchool breach—hackers breaking into a software system that helps schools keep ...
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Popular education cloud software ‘PowerSchool’ faces cyber-secuity hack
News contacted the New York State Department of Education and asked if any New York Schools had been affected.
60 Georgia districts with more than 230,000 students use Powerschool software impacted by hack, DOE map shows
ATLANTA — A widely-used school administrative software platform hacked in December is used by 60 Georgia districts with more ...
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Campbell, Bedford Schools not directly impacted by PowerSchool hacks
Campbell and Bedford County Public Schools were not directly impacted by recent PowerSchool hacks, Superintendent Clayton Stanley said at a school board meeting Monday. “I just wanted to bring that ...