HackingTechnologyEducationInformationStolen CredentialsVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighContained

PowerSchool

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 28, 2024

Filed

Jan 28, 2025

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

6,766state residents only

Linked

16 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for PowerSchool →4 incidents on file

PowerSchool notified the Rhode Island Attorney General of a cybersecurity incident occurring between Dec 19-28, 2024. Unauthorized actors exfiltrated personal information from the PowerSource support portal, affecting ~6,766 RI residents. Data included names, SSNs, DOBs, and medical alerts. PowerSchool engaged forensic experts, reported to law enforcement, and offered two years of credit monitoring via Experian.

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Rhode Island clock✓ RI AG ≤45d4 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 9 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Dec 19, 2024

Begins

Dec 28, 2024

Discovered

Jan 28, 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

Rhode Island State AGbd_08a3eff3d08020212025-01-28Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_c4d3f9a3c90f6a942025-01-28Verified
Indiana State AGbd_0eb42dfe74b34b8f2025-01-29 · +1dVerified
Nebraska State AGbd_299c4d0f821683532025-01-29 · +1dVerified

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Delaware State AGbd_b45dd6445b4bef1a2025-01-29 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_14ac2c628ad65a742025-01-27 · +1dCandidate
Iowa State AGbd_2390e896c65d5b5f2025-01-27 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_438ff508f653f09d2025-01-27 · +1dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_44f09dcd18ee4d0b2025-01-27 · +1dVerified
Idaho State AGbd_56171406702909c22025-01-27 · +1dVerified

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: 6,766state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
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(31 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: RI AG ≤45d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 10 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGJan 27 · first

Iowa State AGJan 27 · first

Maine State AGJan 27 · first

Vermont State AGJan 27 · first

Idaho State AGJan 27 · first

Rhode Island State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Rhode Island State AG+1d · this page

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://riag.ri.gov/media/7376/download
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 28, 2025
Raw hash: 52223ec60af3cb20d35e8adb1152cc51db3feab9a1c3ca78773a6d4a4b5b5e04

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityROPES & GRAY LLP

Victim entityPowerSchool

Incidentdiscovered Dec 28, 2024

Stated responseEngaged cybersecurity response protocols

ComplianceRI AG ≤45d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceriag.ri.gov