The hack has the potential to be one of the biggest of the year, but the edtech giant is refusing to answer important questions

As reported by BleepingComputer, the personal data of 62.4 million students and 9.5 million teachers was exposed during the attack when the threat actor used stolen credentials to access the PowerSchool customer support portal. After which, they used a maintenance access tool to download the data from districts’ PowerSIS databases.

The hacker who breached education tech giant PowerSchool claimed in an extortion demand that they've stolen the personal data of 62.4 million students and 9.5 million teachers, BleepingComputer has learned.

PowerSchool, a software provider popular at K-12 schools, was the target of a data breach in late December that affected many districts in the U.S. and in other countries, according to the company and several impacted schools .

Education technology giant PowerSchool has confirmed a data breach that may have exposed information on millions of schoolchildren, putting them at risk of identity theft. PowerSchool has over 18,000 clients,

The PowerSchool data breach has impacted school boards across North America, with Canada's largest saying about 1.49 million students dating back to 1985 were impacted.

The hack of a K-12 software provider has left student and teacher information exposed in districts around the country. The breach has left many North Carolina students, teachers and families worried about the potential impact on their privacy.

PowerSchool says the personal information of students and educators was stolen in a December 2024 data breach.

Canada’s largest school board says hackers may have accessed some 40 years' worth of student data during the recent PowerSchool breach. In a letter