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North Carolina won’t renew PowerSchool contract after data breach, texts from ‘threat actors’
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction will not be renewing its contract with PowerSchool in the wake of a data ...
PowerSchool paid thieves to delete stolen student, teacher data. Crooks may have lied
This wasn't a traditional ransomware attack as no files were encrypted; instead, it was a simple data heist using a stolen ...
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Forsyth schools: 150,000 teachers, students could feel impact of data breach
"It is not yet clear if the same threat actor is responsible for both incidents. However, PowerSchool shared in a statement ...
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 ...
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Toronto District School Board says it got a ransom demand over stolen student data
Canada's largest school board says it has received a ransom demand over student data that was stolen last December, even ...
PowerSchool breach: Why children are especially vulnerable to data breaches and how to protect them
A December data breach exposed the records of millions of North Carolina students and teachers who had, at one point, used the PowerSchool statewide information system.