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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 ...
Cyber threats target North Carolina schools; traced back to PowerSchool breach
Public school employees and the North Carolina Department of Instruction were targeted by cyber threats this week.
School boards hit with ransom demands linked to PowerSchool cyberattack
Canada's largest school board and others across North America have received ransom demands connected to the massive ...
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Forsyth County Schools Warn Students, Staff About Hacker Threats
The North Carolina district learned earlier this year that a data breach of the software company PowerSchool impacted an ...
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No Fairy Tale Ending: PowerSchool's Hacker Targets Customers
Students, gather round for the sad story of how PowerSchool got schooled by hackers, who stole data on students and teachers.
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 ...
Hackers demand Bitcoin for stolen PowerSchool data, state officials confirm
Hackers demand Bitcoin to prevent release of resurfaced PowerSchool data, contradicting previous assurances of its ...
A hacker's ransom: Inside the cyberattack that compromised NC student and teacher records
Cybersecurity vulnerabilities threatened sensitive student data for millions of North Carolina students. Here's how it ...