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

17 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for PowerSchool →3 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

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 17 filings 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 16 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

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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 16 — 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