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.
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.
The answer is “no”, because the market they serve (K12 schools) cares about security, but they don’t care enough (or have the budget) to actually pay for it.