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1 week 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
1 month 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
6 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
6 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
6 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
6 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
6 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
6 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
6 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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