A "cybersecurity incident" impacted PowerSchool last month, which is a provider of education administration software that is used by multiple school systems in

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.

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

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,

PowerSchool is scrambling to recover and protect student data after a hacker breached their system in mid-December-- including one district in West Michigan.

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.

PowerSchool, a cloud-based software solutions provider for K-12 schools across the country, is now the latest victim of a nationwide cyberattack.

More details are coming out about the cybersecurity breach into PowerSchool, a cloud storage education technology provider serving K-12 schools across Maine.