BleepingComputer reports that more than 62.4 million students and over 9.5 million faculty members across 6,505 school districts around the world had their personal information compromised following the sweeping cyberattack against global education software provider PowerSchool.
Infiltration of PowerSchool's student information systems via stolen customer support portal credentials has primarily impacted the Toronto District School Board, which had data from over 1.48 million students and over 90,000 teachers exfiltrated. This was followed by the Peel District School Board, also based in Canada, and the Dallas Independent School District, according to BleepingComputer.
While investigation into the incident is ongoing, PowerSchool said that no Social Security numbers had been stolen due to the breach. The company also said it would offer free complimentary identity protection services to all affected individuals.
