US edtech company PowerSchool suffered a cyberattack and data breach that may expose the private data of millions of students and teachers. The breach, linked to a compromised subcontractor account, involves a PowerSchool software engineer, whose computer was infected with malware that stole company credentials before the cyberattack. This raises further concerns regarding the security practices of PowerSchool, which could have exposed a range of sensitive student and teacher data.

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