Walker County Schools student information system data leaked
SpilloverSpillover from the PowerSchool incident · View original incident →Walker County Schools' student information system suffered a data leak as a result of the PowerSchool data breach. The school district notified parents and education officials of the incident.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Walker County Schools
- 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
- PowerSchool student information system data breach
- 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 organization’s official website or app.
Timeline
- Walker County Schools notified parents and education officials of the student information system data breach.
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 college student involved in the case pleaded guilty and was later sentenced to federal prison.
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