PowerSchool, an education tech provider, experienced a data breach that compromised sensitive information of over 60 million K-12 students. Following the breach, PowerSchool paid a ransom to keep the stolen data confidential and claim it was deleted. However, recent developments have revealed that individual school districts are now facing extortion attempts, indicating the possibility that the stolen data still exists. Officials from institutions like the Toronto District School Board have cast doubt on PowerSchool's assertions regarding the deletion of the compromised information.
PowerSchool experienced a data breach that exposed sensitive information, leading to extortion attempts not only against the company but also directly targeting its school district customers.
Officials, notably from the Toronto District School Board, have expressed skepticism over PowerSchool's claims that all copies of the stolen data were deleted, suggesting ongoing threats.
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