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4 months ago

Ontario, Alberta school boards caught unprepared in mass student data breach: provincial watchdogs | CBC News

Privacy watchdogs in Ontario and Alberta issued their findings Tuesday after investigating a mass data breach of a student information system used across Canada, concluding that school boards lacked adequate breach response plans, among other issues. Ontario's privacy commissioner says PowerSchool, a software and storage company for school systems in the U.S. and Canada, was a victim of a cyberattack and ransom threat in December 2024 that compromised the data of current and former students, parents and staff.
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Information security
fromDataBreaches.Net
5 months ago

PowerSchool hit by Salesloft Drift campaign, but hackers claim that there is no risk of harm or ransom - DataBreaches.Net

PowerSchool's Salesforce customer-support database was accessed via the Drift app breach, exposing customer contact information, support case metadata, and support case contents.
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SF parents
fromDatabreaches
9 months ago

MSCS board renews contract with PowerSchool while suing them

Memphis-Shelby County Schools board renews contract with PowerSchool despite lawsuit over security breach.
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fromwww.cbc.ca
10 months ago
Canada news

School boards hit with ransom demands linked to PowerSchool cyberattack | CBC News

Ransom demands related to a PowerSchool breach reveal that stolen data was never deleted, raising serious cybersecurity concerns for North American school boards.
fromDatabreaches
10 months ago
Privacy professionals

PowerSchool paid a hacker's extortion demand, but now school district clients are being extorted anyway (1)

Paying hackers to delete data can backfire, as evidenced by PowerSchool's recent extortion situation.
Law
fromTheregister
10 months ago

Teen to plead guilty to PowerSchool extortion attack

A 19-year-old student pleaded guilty to hacking and extorting companies, including PowerSchool, impacting millions of students and teachers.
NYC parents
fromThe Verge
10 months ago

19-year-old student to plead guilty to huge school database hack

Matthew Lane has agreed to plead guilty to charges linked to a major hack against PowerSchool, endangering millions of students and teachers' private information.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
10 months ago

School boards hit with ransom demands linked to PowerSchool cyberattack | CBC News

Ransom demands related to a PowerSchool breach reveal that stolen data was never deleted, raising serious cybersecurity concerns for North American school boards.
fromDatabreaches
10 months ago
Privacy professionals

PowerSchool paid a hacker's extortion demand, but now school district clients are being extorted anyway (1)

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