Thousands of West Michigan students had their personal information stolen after a vendor experienced a data breach.

HOWELL — Howell Public Schools has been affected by a nationwide cybersecurity breach, but is unsure if any data was actually obtained, according to Communications Director Tom Gould.

PowerSchool, an international provider of education administration software, suffered a cybersecurity incident in December that may have impacted Botetourt County Public Schools data, BCPS said on Thursday.

Schools across the US and Canada are warning parents that a data breach may have leaked information for students and employees. The K-12 operations platform PowerSchool, which supports over 60 million students and has over 18,

The "student information system" of one of the nation's biggest education company's was targeted by hackers, school officials said.

The PowerSchool data breach, discovered on December 28, 2024, serves as a powerful reminder of the persistent cybersecurity challenges confronting

In an e-mail sent to Twin Falls School District parents, the system provider PowerSchool was part of the cybersecurity incident on December 28, 2024. The Twin Falls IT departments have been reviewing the access and as of now it doesn’t appear that the Twin Falls School District information was accessed.

A number of schools in Connecticut have been affected by a widespread cybersecurity breach involving the PowerSchool Student Information System used by districts across the country and internationally.

Sensitive data about students, families, and educators were exposed in the PowerSchool data breach, officials warn. The post Multiple Mass. school districts impacted by national data breach appeared first on Boston.

Area school districts might have been impacted by the cyberattack of a nationwide education software cloud-based platform called PowerSchool, used to store sensitive student data.