DataBreaches is trying to keep up with updates from PowerSchool, but from the outset, DataBreaches has recommended districts, parents, and teachers assume the worst — i.e., assume that all of the data really weren’t deleted permanently. On the premise of better safe than sorry, and reminding people that PowerSchool’s attorney is not YOUR attorney, here…
Yesterday, PowerSchool disclosed that on December 28, it had become aware of a data breach that affected some, but not all, of its PowerSchool clients. PowerSchool Student Information System (SIS) is used by school districts worldwide to help schools manage student educational records including grades, attendance, and enrollment. Emails were sent to all PowerSchool clients…
From the “Wait-What-Happened-Here Dept:” On October 19, the Black Suit ransomware group announced that they had attacked Rutherford County Schools in Tennessee. Their listing, posted on their dark web site, included what appears to be an indication of what data and how much data they were able to exfiltrate. It did not indicate whether they…
Danielle Goodman reports: Personal data from current and former students in Boone and Kenton County school districts may have been accessed and copied in cyber attacks earlier this month, according to school district announcements. School district officials said the data breaches appear to have stemmed from phishing schemes, where cybercriminals trick users into providing sensitive…
Some former employees of Granite School District in Utah are reporting frustration and anger with the district’s incident response to an attack by the Rhysida group. One has written up what he found when he examined the publicly leaked data. On September 20, 2024, Granite became aware of suspicious activity on its network. An investigation…
Anna Merod reports: Dive Brief: Minnesota public school districts, charter schools and colleges must now report cybersecurity incidents such as ransomware or network attacks under a newly enacted state law. The information that schools report to Minnesota will not be shared publicly, unlike with similar statewide data breach reporting requirements in California and Maine. Instead, the information will be anonymized…