Education software giant PowerSchool has confirmed it suffered a cybersecurity incident that allowed a threat actor to steal the personal information of students and teachers from school districts using its PowerSchool SIS platform.
Education software giant PowerSchool has confirmed it suffered a cybersecurity incident that allowed a threat actor to steal the personal information of students and teachers from school districts using its PowerSchool SIS platform.
PowerSchool is owned by Vista private equity partners.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vista_Equity_Partners#2010–2019_2
I take it they are jerks?
Dunno. I just thought it was interesting. It was at one time owned by Apple, though that was long ago and it has changed hands many times. It made me wonder if the company would have been more security conscious if they were still owned by a tech firm.