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PowerSchool hack leaks student and staff personal data

First reported · Last reported · 105 related reports

Education technology company PowerSchool was hacked, leaking personal data of students and staff at North American schools. The attacker claimed to have stolen data on 62 million students, and PowerSchool paid the hacker, but school districts were later hit with further extortion demands. A US university student involved in the case pleaded guilty and was later sentenced to federal prison.

Key facts

Affected organisation
PowerSchool
Incident type
Data breach
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
Leak of student and staff personal data; the attacker claimed to have stolen data on 62 million students
Cause / method
Not confirmed
Location
Other countries

If your data was exposed

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Timeline

  1. PowerSchool disclosed that a hacker had accessed student and staff personal data.
  2. The attacker claimed to have stolen data on 62 million students.
  3. PowerSchool disclosed that it had paid the hacker.
  4. Months after the data leak, school districts received new extortion demands.
  5. A US university student involved in the data leak that affected North American schools pleaded guilty.
  6. It was reported that the hacker in the PowerSchool case was sentenced to federal prison.

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