The company said at the time that it had paid the hacker a ransom to allegedly delete the stolen data, but it has repeatedly refused to disclose the sum it paid.. Now, Toronto’s district school ...

The PowerSchool hack appears to be one of the most significant breaches of child data ever in the U.S. Leila Register / NBC News; Getty Images. Jan. 31, 2025, 5:00 AM EST. By Kevin Collier.

School districts that were affected by a PowerSchool data hack in December are now facing extortion attempts by cyber criminals, according to the K-12 ed-tech company. PowerSchool, which runs the ...

When pressed by WRAL, PowerSchool didn’t dispute that the company was unaware of the hack until the hacker contacted them, paying a ransom, watching the hacker delete the data via video and that ...

PowerSchool said it had faced a difficult decision whether to pay the ransom demanded by the hacker. “In the days following our discovery of the December 2024 incident, we made the decision to ...

PowerSchool is warning that the hacker behind its December cyberattack is now individually extorting schools, threatening to release the previously stolen student and teacher data if a ransom is ...

In a statement Wednesday, PowerSchool confirmed it had paid a ransom to the hacker in hopes of having the data destroyed. The company says the hacker did not honor the deal.

PowerSchool said it paid a ransom in exchange for the data's destruction, though cybersecurity experts have consistently warned since the hack not to trust that the hacker has destroyed the data.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) is suing PowerSchool, a student information system provider, for a data breach affecting nearly 500,000 current and former students and over 23,000 staff.

PowerSchool said it had faced a difficult decision whether to pay the ransom demanded by the hacker. “In the days following our discovery of the December 2024 incident, we made the decision to ...

M onths after the hacked education software maker PowerSchool paid a hacker’s ransom to delete the company’s banks of stolen student data, at least one school district says it is now being ...

Months after the hacked education software maker PowerSchool paid a hacker's ransom to delete the company's banks of stolen student data, at least one school district says it is now being extorted ...