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A 19-year-old college student from Worcester, Massachusetts, Matthew Lane, has agreed to plead guilty to charges related to a massive cyberattack on PowerSchool, a cloud-based education software provider. The cyberattack involved extorting millions of dollars from PowerSchool in exchange for not leaking the personal data of millions of students and teachers. Lane exploited stolen credentials to gain unauthorized access to PowerSchool's networks, leading to the theft of sensitive student and teacher data.
The data breach is considered one of the largest single breaches of American schoolchildren's data, affecting approximately 62.4 million students and 9.5 million teachers. According to court documents, Lane obtained stolen data from a U.S. telecommunications company before targeting PowerSchool. After the initial victim refused to pay a ransom, Lane allegedly sought to hack another company that would pay. The stolen information included sensitive details like Social Security numbers and academic records.
Lane will plead guilty to multiple charges, including cyber extortion conspiracy, cyber extortion, unauthorized access to protected computers, and aggravated identity theft. The incident has been described by authorities as a serious attack on the economy, with the potential to instill fear in parents regarding the safety of their children's data. This case highlights the increasing risk of cyberattacks targeting educational institutions and the importance of robust cybersecurity measures to protect student and teacher data.
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The data breach is considered one of the largest single breaches of American schoolchildren's data, affecting approximately 62.4 million students and 9.5 million teachers. According to court documents, Lane obtained stolen data from a U.S. telecommunications company before targeting PowerSchool. After the initial victim refused to pay a ransom, Lane allegedly sought to hack another company that would pay. The stolen information included sensitive details like Social Security numbers and academic records.
Lane will plead guilty to multiple charges, including cyber extortion conspiracy, cyber extortion, unauthorized access to protected computers, and aggravated identity theft. The incident has been described by authorities as a serious attack on the economy, with the potential to instill fear in parents regarding the safety of their children's data. This case highlights the increasing risk of cyberattacks targeting educational institutions and the importance of robust cybersecurity measures to protect student and teacher data.
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- DataBreaches.Net: Massachusetts hacker to plead guilty to PowerSchool data breach
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- The DefendOps Diaries: Explore the PowerSchool data breach, its impact on education tech, and lessons for cybersecurity.
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Classification:
- HashTags: #PowerSchoolHack #DataExtortion #CyberCrime
- Company: PowerSchool
- Target: Students and Teachers
- Product: PowerSchool
- Feature: data breach
- Type: Hack
- Severity: Major