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

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.

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

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.

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

If you're a student or teacher — or were one in the past few decades — you may soon be getting a head's up that your personal information was accessed as part of the widespread PowerSchool cyber breach that recently hit Canadian school boards.

Professor noted the need for continued pushes for multi-factor authentication for educational services that require such extensive identifying information.