PowerSchool hack exposes Buford City Schools student and teacher data
SpilloverSpillover from the PowerSchool incident · View original incident →Student and teacher data at Buford City Schools was exposed in the PowerSchool hack. Bartow County schools were also among those affected by the hack, which had an impact nationwide across the US.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Buford City Schools
- Original incident
- PowerSchool hack leaks student and staff personal data
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Student and teacher data
- Cause / method
- PowerSchool hack
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
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Timeline
- It emerged that student and teacher data at Buford City Schools had been exposed in a hack affecting the entire US.
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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