No Fairy Tale Ending: PowerSchool’s Hacker Targets Customers

PowerSchool, a widely used K-12 student information system platform, paid a ransom to hackers after a breach in December 2024, hoping to prevent the stolen data from being released. However, five months later, the company revealed that the hackers are now extorting schools directly, using the same data. This incident highlights the risks and downsides of paying ransoms, as criminals often fail to keep their promises and continue to exploit the stolen information.