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Cybersecurity in schools: Experts say data breaches and other incidents put students at risk
Data breaches and other cyber incidents can have "real life consequences," leaving students at greater risk of identity theft ...
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No School Is Safe From Data Breaches. That's Why I Froze My Kids' Credit
Freezing your child's credit will help keep their identity safe if their personal information is compromised in a data breach ...
PowerSchool hackers return, and may not have deleted stolen data as promised
The hackers which struck PowerSchool in 2024 are now reportedly targeting individual schools and extorting them for ransom, ...
Hacker who promised to destroy stolen PowerSchool data now wants money from schools
In December, a hacker gained access to personal data for students and teachers across the world in the database for the ...
PowerSchool data breach leads to school extortion attempts
A threat actor has contacted multiple school districts demanding payments related to student and staff data stolen in a ...
Essex Westford School District warns families of ongoing PowerSchool data threats
The Essex Westford School District has informed families about continued threats from the December 2024 PowerSchool data ...
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.
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 paid thieves to delete stolen student, teacher data. Looks like crooks lied
This wasn't a traditional ransomware attack as no files were encrypted; instead, it was a simple data heist using a stolen ...
PowerSchool hacker now extorting individual school districts
PowerSchool is warning that the hacker behind its December cyberattack is now individually extorting schools, threatening to ...
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.