Area school districts might have been impacted by the cyberattack of a nationwide education software cloud-based platform called PowerSchool, used to store sensitive student data.

Schools across the US and Canada are warning parents that a data breach may have leaked information for students and employees. The K-12 operations platform PowerSchool, which supports over 60 million students and has over 18,

Indianapolis Public Schools' student information and employee Social Security details were leaked this week as part of a nationwide cybersecurity breach affecting school districts that use PowerSchool information management software.

In an FAQ obtained by TechCrunch, PowerSchool confirms it negotiated with the threat actors responsible for the breach.

Westerville City Schools confirmed personal student info was accessed in PowerSchool breach. Unclear if several more central Ohio districts affected.

The PowerSchool data breach, discovered on December 28, 2024, serves as a powerful reminder of the persistent cybersecurity challenges confronting

New Trier said the data that was accessed included names and school ID numbers. No current students' Social Security numbers were accessed, but some former students' were.

A spokesperson for the company said an "unauthorized actor" accessed and stole sensitive customer information.

School officials learned of the “potential cybersecurity incident” on Tuesday, Needham Public Schools Superintendent Dan Gutekanst said in a statement.