Schools in North Carolina and nationwide are doing damage control after a “cybersecurity incident” compromised the personal information of millions of K-12 students and teachers.
PowerSchool, a cloud-based education software provider for K-12 schools, notified customers Jan. 7 about the hacking, according to TechCrunch.
“PowerSchool said it did not experience a ransomware attack, but that the company was extorted into paying a financial sum to prevent the hackers from leaking the stolen data,” Carly Page wrote. “PowerSchool told the publication that names and addresses were exposed in the breach, but that the information may also include Social Security numbers, medical information, grades, and other personally identifiable information. PowerSchool did not say how much the company paid.”
