What PowerSchool won’t say about its data breach affecting millions of students
TechCrunch has heard from PowerSchool customers that the scale of the data breach could be “massive.” But PowerSchool has repeatedly declined to say how many schools and individuals are affected, despite telling TechCrunch that it had “identified the schools and districts whose data was involved in this incident.”
PowerSchool previously hacked in August, months before data breach
PowerSchool has published a long-awaited CrowdStrike investigation into its massive December 2024 data breach, which determined that the company was previously hacked over 4 months earlier, in August,
PowerSchool releases investigation report on data breach
Rocky View Schools has provided another update about the PowerSchool Data Breach and has shared that PowerSchool has released its third-party Investigation Report prepared by CrowdStrike. According to the report,
Hacker accessed PowerSchool’s network months before massive December breach
In a letter sent to affected customers last week, seen by TechCrunch, PowerSchool confirmed that an investigation into the incident has revealed that its network “experienced unauthorized activity prior to December,” which CrowdStrike dated back to at least August 2024.
Wisconsin District Sues Ed Tech Giant PowerSchool After Massive Data Breach
The St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, school district filed a federal lawsuit against education software behemoth PowerSchool Tuesday, kicking into motion a national campaign to hold the company accountable for what cybersecurity experts predict is among the largest student data breaches in history.
PowerSchool Portal Compromised Months Before Massive Data Breach
Hackers used compromised credentials to access PowerSchool’s PowerSource portal months before the December 2024 data breach.
Wisconsin school district sues PowerSchool after student data breach
A northwest Wisconsin school district filed a federal lawsuit against PowerSchool for a data breach. Three Green Bay area schools were affected.
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Southwestern school district affected by cyberattack
A Jamestown-area school district fell victim to a “cyber security incident” in December, the Southwestern Central School ...
After breach of school staff financial data, ransomware gang takes credit
Carruth Compliance Consulting was targeted in a December 2024 data breach, which impacted over 110,000 school employees, ...
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PowerSchool’s simple security error was avoidable. You can do better
Late last year, a hacker infiltrated PowerSchool, a software company that offers cloud-based services to K-12 schools. The breach resulted in stolen personal data for millions of kids as well as ...