PowerSchool cyber-attack may have exposed Mercyhurst school data
SpilloverSpillover from the PowerSchool incident · View original incident →Concerns were raised that Mercyhurst Preparatory School data may have been exposed in the PowerSchool cyber-attack. Penncrest was also among the schools with a possible data breach.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Mercyhurst Preparatory School
- 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
- Cyber-attack on PowerSchool
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
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Timeline
- It emerged that Mercyhurst Preparatory School data may have been exposed in a cyber-attack.
Original incident
This is spillover from the PowerSchool incident.
PowerSchool hack leaks student and staff personal data
62mImpact: Leak of student and staff personal data; the attacker claimed to have stolen data on 62 million students
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.
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