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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 ...
PowerSchool hackers return, and may not have deleted stolen data as promised
PowerSchool is aware that a threat actor has reached out to multiple school district customers in an attempt to extort them ...
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Cyber Threat Escalates: PowerSchool Cybercriminal Returns to Extort Individual Schools Months After Massive Data Breach Purportedly Resolved
When PowerSchool announced in January that it fell victim to a massive data breach at the end of 2024, it assured the thousands of schools and over ...
Microsoft says Lumma password stealer malware found on 394,000 Windows PCs
Microsoft and law enforcement have announced a court-authorized takedown of Lumma, a prolific info-stealer malware operation ...
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PowerSchool hacker now extorting individual school districts
PowerSchool is warning that the hacker behind its December cyberattack is now individually extorting schools, threatening to release the previously stolen student and teacher data if a ransom is ...
PowerSchool Cyberattack: Data Breach and Ransom Demands
The recent cyberattack on PowerSchool, a cloud-based software program widely used by educational institutions, has raised significant concerns over data security and privacy. This article delves into ...
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A hacker's ransom: Inside the cyberattack that compromised NC student and teacher records
After a hacker accessed the digital records of students worldwide, including perhaps millions in North Carolina, the company that was breached — PowerSchool — began assuring families that the ...