Edtech giant PowerSchool says hackers accessed personal data of students and teachers
The Bain Capital-owned edtech giant says hackers accessed its customer support portal using a "compromised credential."
Student data from South Carolina, other states accessed after PowerSchool security breach, officials say
An unknown number of students across South Carolina had their personal information accessed via a nationwide cybersecurity breach, the state Department of Education announced Tuesday. Officials said unauthorized access to a PowerSchool access portal was part of an “international incident over which the state and local districts had no control”
Several Connecticut school districts informed of possible PowerSchool data breach
Several school districts in Connecticut have been informed of a possible data breach of the PowerSchool Student Information System. The system contains information on students and staff across the country.
PowerSchool breach affects several Berkshire school districts. What does that mean for students and teachers?
County school superintendents whose teachers and administrators use the PowerSchool student information system to manage data are not happy that it took the company 11 days to report it had
Ascension, Livingston schools possibly impacted by PowerSchool data breach: What to know
Ascension Public Schools and Livingston Parish Schools were notified Tuesday of a potential data breach of education software PowerSchool. Both school systems notified parents about a cybersecurity incident on Dec.
Needham, Nashoba school districts among those possibly affected by PowerSchool data breach
School officials learned of the “potential cybersecurity incident” on Tuesday, Needham Public Schools Superintendent Dan Gutekanst said in a statement.
NC student data compromised in breach, NC and PowerSchool say
Data from the North Carolina’s student and teacher information system — containing personal and private information about the state’s schoolchildren and teachers — was compromised last month.
Hacker stole NC student and teacher data from system used to record grades, attendance
A global data breach of the PowerSchool information system means that a hacker obtained personal data from North Carolina teachers and students.
Massachusetts school districts warn parents after PowerSchool data breach
LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE WARNING PARENTS THAT THEIR INFORMATION MIGHT BE AT RISK AFTER A POPULAR SOFTWARE HIT WAS HIT WITH A DATA BREACH. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT POWER SCHOOL. IT SAYS IT WAS HIT BY A CYBERATTACK LATE LAST MONTH.
Data breach of SC schools' PowerSchool portal compromised some personal information
A December cybersecurity data breach of the online PowerSchool used by SC schools system compromised personal information from some students in South Carolina.
School software company reports student information accessed in data breach
A company that provides software used by schools across New Hampshire says student and teacher data was accessed in a recent breach.
PowerSchool software platform hacked; three Green Bay-area school districts affected
Education software platform PowerSchool, used by three Green Bay-area school districts, was hacked late last year, leading to ...
PowerSchool hack could affect millions of K-12 students
PowerSchool, an education software giant, was hacked. This could put the data of up to 60 million students at risk.
S.C. officials assess last month’s PowerSchool cyberattack
South Carolina education officials are working to understand how much of its educator and student has been impacted by a ...
San Diego Unified School District faces another cyber security incident
In a letter to families sent out Tuesday, San Diego Unified School District stated that it was involved in a cybersecurity ...