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Essex Westford School District warns families of ongoing PowerSchool data threats
The Essex Westford School District has informed families about continued threats from the December 2024 PowerSchool data ...
PowerSchool hackers return, and may not have deleted stolen data as promised
PowerSchool is aware that a threat actor has reached out to multiple school district customers in an attempt to extort them ...
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PowerSchool Paid a Hacker’s Ransom. Now Cyber Criminals Are Threatening Schools
School districts that were affected by a PowerSchool data hack in December are now facing extortion attempts by cyber ...
PowerSchool data breach leads to school extortion attempts
A threat actor has contacted multiple school districts demanding payments related to student and staff data stolen in a December breach.
School boards hit with ransom demands linked to PowerSchool cyberattack
Canada's largest school board and others across North America have received ransom demands connected to the massive ...
PowerSchool Paid Ransom to Hackers After Breach
Software maker said it paid its attackers even as the true size of the theft is still unknown.
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North Carolina won’t renew PowerSchool contract after data breach, texts from ‘threat actors’
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction will not be renewing its contract with PowerSchool in the wake of a data ...
PowerSchool paid a hacker’s ransom, but now schools say they are being extorted
Months after the hacked education software maker PowerSchool paid a hacker’s ransom to delete the company’s banks of stolen ...
Hacker who promised to destroy stolen PowerSchool data now wants money from schools
In December, a hacker gained access to personal data for students and teachers across the world in the database for the ...
More NC schools may face extortion attempts in PowerSchool hack, expert warns
Dozens of school employees in the state have already received threatening emails claiming to have sensitive data. Experts ...
PowerSchool breach: Why children are especially vulnerable to data breaches and how to protect them
A December data breach exposed the records of millions of North Carolina students and teachers who had, at one point, used the PowerSchool statewide information system.