Massive PowerSchool Data Breach Exposes Information of Over 62 Million Students

Hackers accessed sensitive student and teacher data from education tech provider PowerSchool, prompting a ransom payment and ongoing investigations.

Hackers used stolen credentials to breach PowerSchool's customer support portal, gaining access to its school information system (SIS).
The breach impacted over 62 million students and 9.5 million teachers across 6,500 school districts in the U.S., Canada, and other countries.
Exposed data includes sensitive personal information such as Social Security Numbers, grades, medical records, and parental access rights for some individuals.
PowerSchool confirmed paying a ransom to prevent the stolen data from being leaked but has not disclosed the amount or provided evidence of data deletion.
The company is offering two years of free identity protection and credit monitoring services to affected individuals and is working with cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike on an investigation.