FAQs For Schools And Persons Affected By The PowerSchool Data Breach

A massive data breach hit one of the country's largest education software providers. According to EducationWeek, PowerSchool provides school software products to more than 16,000 customers, largely K-12 schools, that serve 50 million students in the United States. According to reports, PowerSchool informed customers that, on December 28, 2024, PowerSchool became aware of a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to certain information through one of its community-focused customer support portals, PowerSource. The unauthorized access affected PowerSchool's Student Information System ("SIS").

According to one of its communications to customers, PowerSchool stated:

While we are unaware of and do not expect any actual or attempted misuse of personal information or any financial harm to impacted individuals as a result of this incident, PowerSchool will be providing credit monitoring to affected adults and identity protection services to affected minors