PowerSchool's Ransom Aftermath: A Deeper Look at the Follow-Up Extortion Attempts
A recent letter from PowerSchool to its customers highlights the complex aftermath of their December 2024 cybersecurity incident - some districts are now facing direct extortion attempts from a threat actor, linked to the attack on PowerSchool in December.
From “No” to “Know”
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Top 10 Things to Change in K-12
The PowerSchool breach has been a difficult wake-up call for all of us, but it’s not the first breach and it will not be the last. School districts and ed-tech partners have all had the chance to revisit their cybersecurity plans over the last few weeks, and this has afforded us the opportunity to rethink some common practices in K-12 technology.
One week later and we still have questions about the PowerSchool breach
It has been about a week since my last post, and enough people have asked for a follow-up on the PowerSchool situation…
What we know about the PowerSchool breach so far…
It has only been 24 hours since PowerSchool announced it had an “incident,” so there’s very little information available to the public. However, what PowerSchool has shared and what school districts are seeing is concerning, to say the least.