Cybercriminals are attempting to extort education workers after a hack left their sensitive personal data at risk.
Early this year, an investigation from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike determined that PowerSchool – which operates a widely-used Student Information System (SIS) – witnessed a data breach affecting millions of US school kids.
PowerSchool’s SIS software helps schools track students’ attendance, grades, addresses and oftentimes very specific personal information like Social Security numbers or health history.
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PowerSchool disclosed that “current and former students and educators” had their names, contact details, dates of birth, limited medical alert information, Social Security numbers and “other related information” compromised.
Months later, state school leaders and employees from at least 20 North Carolina school systems have reported that hackers have attempted to extort them
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