According to the lawsuit, the data breach took place on Dec. 20, 2024, and PowerSchool became aware of the hack eight days later. It did not notify MSCS until Jan. 7.

The PowerSchool hack appears to be one of the most significant breaches of child data ever in the U.S. Leila Register / NBC News; Getty Images. Jan. 31, 2025, 5:00 AM EST. By Kevin Collier.

North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson said he's sending a Civil Investigative Demand to the company because he doesn't ...

Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) is suing PowerSchool, a student information system provider, for a data breach affecting nearly 500,000 current and former students and over 23,000 staff.

PowerSchool said it paid a ransom in exchange for the data's destruction, though cybersecurity experts have consistently warned since the hack not to trust that the hacker has destroyed the data.

Education software giant PowerSchool has confirmed it suffered a cybersecurity incident that allowed a threat actor to steal the personal ... PowerSchool hack exposes student, teacher data from K ...

According to SAU 21, PowerSchool hired a third-party cybersecurity advisor immediately upon discovering the hack on Dec. 28. The cloud storage provider confirmed it brought in CyberSteward to ...

PowerSchool hack could have exposed sensitive student & staff data, local school officials say. Michael Howie Jan 9, 2025 Jan 9, 2025; 0; In the message to families ...

School workers say they resorted to crowdsourcing help among each other following PowerSchool's breach, ... (K12 SIX), which published its own FAQ about the PowerSchool hack, ...

Schools in Hampton, Somersworth, York, and Kennebunk reported they were notified by PowerSchool, a platform that houses data for school districts, about a hack that occurred on Dec. 19.