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,

Families across the area are receiving notifications about how to protect themselves after a data breach involving the PowerSchool system, which contains personal information for hundreds of thousands of students.

The purpose of this notice is to share some important information regarding a recent cybersecurity incident involving personal information belonging t

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

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

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.

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

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

Four decades of student and educator information was stolen from PowerSchool – tens of millions are potentially affected.