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PowerSchool Paid Ransom to Hackers After Breach
Software maker said it paid its attackers even as the true size of the theft is still unknown.
PowerSchool hack: School boards face new ransom demands months after leak
At least three school boards in Canada are reporting having been contacted for ransom following the PowerSchool data breach ...
PowerSchool Cyberattack: Data Breach and Ransom Demands
The recent cyberattack on PowerSchool, a cloud-based software program widely used by educational institutions, has raised significant concerns over data security and privacy. This article delves into ...
Student info stolen in PowerSchool data breach not deleted despite ransom being paid: TDSB
Canada’s largest school board has informed its staff and students that some of their personal information stolen during a ...
PowerSchool hacker now extorting individual school districts
PowerSchool is warning that the hacker behind its December cyberattack is now individually extorting schools, threatening to ...
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Toronto District School Board says it got a ransom demand over stolen student data
Canada's largest school board says it has received a ransom demand over student data that was stolen last December, even ...
Threat actors claim to have access to North Carolina student and teacher data from PowerSchool breach, officials say
On Wednesday, several school and NCDPI employees across North Carolina received messages from threat actors claiming to have ...
PowerSchool breach: Why children are especially vulnerable to data breaches and how to protect them
A December data breach exposed the records of millions of North Carolina students and teachers who had, at one point, used the PowerSchool statewide information system.