PowerSchool data breach leads to school extortion attempts

Criminals attempt to "extort" North Carolina public schools

This week authorities with North Carolina Department of Public Instruction said that there had been threats made to public school employees across the state that information leaked in a December data breach had been exposed.

PowerSchool data breach leads to school extortion attempts

A threat actor has contacted multiple school districts demanding payments related to student and staff data stolen in a December breach.

PowerSchool data hackers trying for second round of ransoms

Hackers have been contacting some school boards directly to extort them, Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board said in an email to parents.

NC schools targeted for extortion again, months after PowerSchool data breach

By Ben Humphries After a PowerSchool data breach in December 2024 that compromised student and teacher information, “threat actors” have made contact with North Carolina school districts, once again requesting payment. On Wednesday, threat actors reached out to public school employees across North Carolina claiming to have obtained the student and teacher records stolen in December, according to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI). PowerS…

20 NC districts emailed by “threat actors” related to PowerSchool data breach

Emails from “threat actors” were received by 20 North Carolina school districts on May 7 per the N.C. Department of Public Instruction. The emails are linked to a data breach involving the statewide school information system PowerSchool which occurred near the end of December 2024. PowerSchool is used by 55 million students spanning 90 countries worldwide. Typically, individual districts in U.S. states use PowerSchool, however the application is…