College student who hacked PowerSchool software says he's grateful he was caught

A hacker responsible for a breach that put the personal data of thousands of New Hampshire students and teachers at risk is a ...

Gen Z hacker 'thankful that I got caught' after student data breach hits thousands in Chicagoland

The I-Team and ABC News are investigating what authorities call a concerning trend of Gen Z becoming a training ground for ...
WFAA8

Personal data of Dallas ISD students, staff compromised in data breach, district says

DALLAS — PowerSchool, a vendor providing services to multiple North Texas school districts, recently announced a data breach affecting the personal information of students and staff, the district said ...
Business Wire

PowerSchool to Acquire Kinvolved, Expanding K-12 Platform to Provide Critical Messaging and Communication Solution to Improve Engagement and Student Outcomes

FOLSOM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PowerSchool (NYSE: PWSC), the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kinvolved, a leading provider ...
Business Wire

PowerSchool to Acquire Kickboard, a Leading Provider of K-12 Education Behavior Management Solutions, to Support Student Social-Emotional Learning and Mental Health

FOLSOM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PowerSchool (NYSE: PWSC), the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kickboard, a leading provider ...
Raleigh News & Observer

Hacker stole NC student and teacher data from system used to record grades, attendance

A global data breach of PowerSchool compromised persoal data for North Carolina students and teachers. Dreamstime/TNS TNS A global data breach of the PowerSchool information system means that a hacker ...
PC World

PowerSchool’s simple security error was avoidable. You can do better

Last year, a hacker infiltrated PowerSchool, a software company that offers cloud-based services to K-12 schools, then came back several months later to steal. The breach resulted in stolen personal ...
Seacoastonline.com

PowerSchool hack exposes Seacoast schools' student data: 'We’re extremely concerned'

Several local school districts on the Seacoast and in southern Maine announced they fell victim to a cyberattack, which is part of a nationwide breach of data stored in the cloud-based software ...

Young hacker behind major breach speaks out for 1st time, before reporting to prison

Barely a year earlier, while still a teenager, he helped launch what's been described as the biggest cyberattack in U.S.
TechRadar

PowerSchool breach worse than thought, company says "all" student and teacher data accessed

Threat actors accessed PowerSchool student information system and stole data on students and teachers in December 2024 Multiple companies confirmed all data, covering as long as they had used ...
AOL

A lawsuit accuses Bain Capital's PowerSchool of trafficking in student data. The edtech giant says everything it does is legal.

It's been 10 years since Emily Cherkin helped her son log onto a school computer on his first day of Kindergarten. "He can't even write his name. Why am I teaching a five-year-old control-alt-delete?" ...
TechRadar

PowerSchool hit by cyberattack which saw student and teacher data stolen

Hackers used a stolen set of credentials to access the platform When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. PowerSchool said that in late ...