According to sources, PowerSchool (a Education organization in California) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2025-01-08.

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Source 1  |  2025-01-08

PowerSchool discloses breach affecting hosted and self-hosted school k-12 districts

“PowerSchool disclosed that on December 28, it had become aware of a data breach that affected some, but not all, of its PowerSchool clients. PowerSchool Student Information System (SIS) is used by school districts worldwide to help schools manage student educational records including grades, attendance, and enrollment.“

“PowerSchool became aware of a potential cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to certain information through one of our community-focused customer support portals, PowerSource. Over the succeeding days, our investigation determined that an unauthorized party gained access to certain PowerSchool Student Information System (“SIS”) customer data using a compromised credential, and we regret to inform you that your data was accessed.“

“In their preliminary notification is that it appears PowerSchool paid the threat actor(s) to delete the stolen data.“

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