The hack has the potential to be one of the biggest of the year, but the edtech giant is refusing to answer important questions

One of the latest significant information leaks involves data from PowerSchool, a software provider for thousands of K–12 school districts in the United States and Canada. The incident affected millions of users.

PowerSchool, a widely used platform among districts in western Washington, including Seattle and Everett, confirmed the breach.

The company supports over 60 million students and has over 18,000 customers worldwide, helping schools keep track of grades, attendance and class schedules, along with other education and management tasks.

PowerSchool, an online grading service used by several schools in Western New York, reported a cybersecurity breach, potentially exposing sensitive information of students, families and teachers.

A new report from Bleeping Computer suggests the hacker infiltrated the entire PowerSchool userbase, but PowerSchool declined to confirm or deny the numbers to PCMag.

Over 60 million students & teachers data may have been stolen in PowerSchool breach

Professor noted the need for continued pushes for multi-factor authentication for educational services that require such extensive identifying information.

Besides providing software for administration, grades, and other functions, PowerSchool stores personal data for students and teachers, with much of that data including Social Security numbers, medical information,