HackingTechnologyEducationInformationStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighContained

PowerSchool

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 28, 2024

Filed

Jan 27, 2025

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

49,921state residents only

Linked

16 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for PowerSchool →4 incidents on file

PowerSchool, a technology service provider to school districts, notified the Iowa Attorney General on January 27, 2025, of a cybersecurity incident discovered on December 28, 2024. Unauthorized actors exfiltrated personal information from the PowerSchool Student Information System (SIS) via the PowerSource support portal between December 19 and 28, 2024. Approximately 49,921 Iowa residents (students, former students, and teachers) were affected. Data included names, contact info, SSNs, dates of birth, and limited medical alert information. PowerSchool engaged forensic experts, reported to law enforcement, and offered two years of credit monitoring via Experian.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 9 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Dec 19, 2024

Begins

Dec 28, 2024

Discovered

Jan 27, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

14 wks faster

This filing is one of 16 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_14ac2c628ad65a742025-01-27Candidate
Maine State AGbd_438ff508f653f09d2025-01-27Verified
Vermont State AGbd_44f09dcd18ee4d0b2025-01-27Verified
Idaho State AGbd_56171406702909c22025-01-27Verified

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Rhode Island State AGbd_08a3eff3d08020212025-01-28 · +1dVerified
Rhode Island State AGbd_4d767e3e82562c8a2025-01-28 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_c4d3f9a3c90f6a942025-01-28 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_0eb42dfe74b34b8f2025-01-29 · +2dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_299c4d0f821683532025-01-29 · +2dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_b45dd6445b4bef1a2025-01-29 · +2dVerified

Showing first 10 of 15 linked disclosures.

Name: ROPES & GRAY LLP
norm: ropes gray

Name: PowerSchool
norm: powerschool
Domain: registration.powerschool.com
Industry: TechnologyllmEducationllm

Discovered: Dec 28, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 19, 2024 – Dec 28, 2024
Undetected for: 9 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 49,921state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Iowa Attorney General Consumer Protection Division
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged cybersecurity response protocols
Mobilized senior leadership and third-party cybersecurity experts to conduct a forensic investigation
Monitored for signs of information misuse
Reported the incident to law enforcement
Changes made: Engaged Experian to offer two years of complimentary identity protection and/or credit monitoring services to all students and educators whose information was involved
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 10 states

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Montana State AGJan 27 · first

Maine State AGJan 27 · first

Vermont State AGJan 27 · first

Idaho State AGJan 27 · first

Iowa State AGJan 27 · first · this page

Rhode Island State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Indiana State AG+2d

Nebraska State AG+2d

Delaware State AG+2d

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 15 — the full spread may be wider.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://www.iowaattorneygeneral.gov/media/cms/1272025_PowerSchool_2986E99846B2C.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 27, 2025
Raw hash: 0728e603e3c479f1f10d1885d9e20a492afc767ff913e42f06fe46ae452f1a36

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityROPES & GRAY LLP

Victim entityPowerSchool

Incidentdiscovered Dec 28, 2024

Stated responseEngaged cybersecurity response protocols

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.iowaattorneygeneral.gov