HackingTechnologyEducationInformationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighContained

PowerSchool

bd_5d05c46f05c5bc56 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 28, 2024

Filed

Apr 28, 2025

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

92,028

Confidence

65%

PowerSchool disclosed a cybersecurity incident discovered on Dec 28, 2024, involving unauthorized exfiltration of personal data from its Student Information System via a customer support portal. Affected data included names, DOBs, SSNs, and limited medical alerts. Approximately 92,028 individuals were affected across multiple school districts. PowerSchool engaged forensic experts and offered two years of identity protection and credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 121 days

Dec 28, 2024

Discovered

Apr 28, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed92,028 affectedView incident

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

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

Discovered: Dec 28, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 9, 2025
Affected individuals: 92,028nationwide
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
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
Offering two years of complimentary identity protection services
Offering two years of complimentary credit monitoring services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(121 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Security%20Breach%20Notices/2025/PowerSchool.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 28, 2025
Raw hash: 37568b3c94bcd6a8a3777b4e0ff7ba3c9350bfc49b99e6973b01f7e55e7aa340

Reporting entityPowerSchool

Victim entityPowerSchool

Incidentdiscovered Dec 28, 2024

Stated responseEngaged cybersecurity response protocols

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov