The hack has the potential to be one of the biggest of the year, but the edtech giant is refusing to answer important questions

A hacker who breached education tech giant PowerSchool claims to have stolen the personal data of 62.4 million students and 9.5 million teachers. PowerSchool, a cloud-based software solutions provider for K-12 schools and districts,

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The edtech giant is notifying state attorneys general about the breach but won’t say how many individuals have been affected

Many Islanders are concerned about the recent PowerSchool breach, especially when it comes to privacy issues around their children, says the P.E.I. Home and School Federation.

The hacker who breached education tech giant PowerSchool claimed in an extortion demand that they stole the personal data of 62.4 million students and 9.5 million teachers.

ANN ARBOR, MI – No active student Social Security numbers were compromised after hackers breached K-12 software, according to Ann Arbor Public Schools.

Student and faculty names, birthdates, contact information—and in some cases, medical data and Social Security Numbers—were compromised in the breach.

Bleeping Computer on Wednesday also reported that an extortion note the attacker sent to PowerSchool claimed that the personal data of 62.4 million students and 9.5 million teachers was swept up in the breach. PowerSchool said it’s offering two years of free credit monitoring to all those affected.

Some people are still feeling the effects of the data breach that hit schools across the state in January. “So this is not a breach on our level whatsoever, you’re considered a victim in this,” Chief Technology Officer with Beaufort County Schools Amber Godfrey said.