Student data privacy
PowerSchool paid off hackers after huge breach. Now they're extorting districts.
The 74
North Carolina; Oregon; national
Our summary
Months after PowerSchool paid hackers following its breach, a threat actor began contacting individual districts with extortion demands, suggesting the stolen data had not been destroyed. North Carolina officials said Oregon educators received similar demands.
- US
- Elementary
- Teens
- Data privacy
- Vendor contracts
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