What PowerSchool won’t say about its data breach affecting millions of students
The hack has the potential to be one of the biggest of the year, but the edtech giant is refusing to answer important ...
Meet the Hired Guns Who Make Sure School Cyberattacks Stay Hidden
An investigation into more than 300 cyberattacks against US K–12 schools over the past five years shows how schools can withhold crucial details from students and parents whose data was stolen.
Children's data hacked after school software firm missed basic security step, internal report says
The hack of PowerSchool appears to be the largest breach of American children’s personal information to date, school ...
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TCEA 2025: 10 Ways K–12 Schools Can Secure Their Microsoft and Google Environments
Sometimes, schools unintentionally make it easy for bad actors to enter their networks by failing to take some very simple ...
Local schools impacted by massive PowerSchool data breach, lawsuit filed
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A federal lawsuit filed in California claims that PowerSchool, a widely used educational software company ...
PowerSchool data breach a ‘statewide issue,’ 300K+ teachers’ social security numbers exposed
Professor noted the need for continued pushes for multi-factor authentication for educational services that require such ...
PowerSchool begins notifying victims of NC school data breach
It's so far unclear how many North Carolina teachers and students will end up receiving a notice, and the extent of the data ...
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UWSP’s new data security lab to enhance student experiences
When you think of evidence that can be used in court cases, recovered data on an electronic device might not be the first ...
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Mercyhurst Prep, Penncrest among schools whose data may have been breached in cyberattack
social security numbers and other information stored for local schools. Harbor Creek and Fairview school districts, Mercyhurst Preparatory School and the Saegertown-based Penncrest School District ...