CMS confirms impact from PowerSchool data breach
SpilloverSpillover from the PowerSchool incident · View original incident →CMS was confirmed to have been affected by the PowerSchool data breach. PowerSchool is cooperating with law enforcement.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Original incident
- PowerSchool hack leaks student and staff personal data
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
- Don’t tap links in texts, calls or emails that mention this incident and offer compensation, refunds or breach checks. Check directly on the organisation’s official website or app.
Timeline
- CMS confirmed it had been affected by the PowerSchool data breach.
Original incident
This is spillover from the PowerSchool incident.
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