One of the latest significant information leaks involves data from PowerSchool, a software provider for thousands of K–12 school districts in the United States and Canada. The incident affected millions of users.

The hack has the potential to be one of the biggest of the year, but the edtech giant is refusing to answer important questions

PowerSchool, a widely used platform among districts in western Washington, including Seattle and Everett, confirmed the breach.

Education technology giant PowerSchool has confirmed a data breach that may have exposed information on millions of schoolchildren, putting them at risk of identity theft. PowerSchool has over 18,000 clients,

PowerSchool, an online grading service used by several schools in Western New York, reported a cybersecurity breach, potentially exposing sensitive information of students, families and teachers.

Professor noted the need for continued pushes for multi-factor authentication for educational services that require such extensive identifying information.

Over 60 million students & teachers data may have been stolen in PowerSchool breach