01/12/2025
📓POWER SCHOOL BREACH 💻
If you have a student in your household please read.
is a software solutions provider for K-12 schools and districts, They support over 60 million students and over 18,000 customers worldwide.
PowerSchool says they first became aware of a breach on December 28, 2024. In this breach the attacker exported the PowerSchool SIS 'Students' and 'Teachers' database tables to a CSV file, which was then stolen.
PowerSchool has confirmed that the stolen data primarily contains contact details such as names and addresses. However, for some districts, it could also include Social Security numbers (SSNs), personally identifiable information (PII), medical information, and grades.
PowerSchool also operates Naviance, a platform used by many K-12 districts in the US to offer personalized college, career, and life readiness planning tools to students.
It is reported from various sources that a ransom was paid, and data deleted.
The above information was reported by Bleeping Computer and the Register.
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