Education software firm’s hack exposes personal data for students, teachers nationwide

Summary: An education software company, PowerSchool, which manages data for over 60 million K-12 students and teachers, reported a cybersecurity breach involving unauthorized access to its customer portal. The company has taken measures to secure the data and engaged cybersecurity experts to address the incident.

Threat Actor: Unknown | unknown
Victim: PowerSchool | PowerSchool

Key Point :

• PowerSchool experienced unauthorized access to its customer portal, PowerSource, on December 28.
• The breach primarily involved names, addresses, and contact information, with some cases including sensitive data like Social Security numbers and grades.
• The company stated that the breach was not a ransomware attack, but it paid a ransom to prevent data leakage.
• PowerSchool hired cybersecurity experts to manage the situation and claimed the incident is contained.
• There are concerns that the data may still be in the possession of the hackers despite claims of deletion.