PowerSchool Breach Exposed Student and Teacher Data as Minnesota District Faced Suspected Ransomware

A breach tied to PowerSchool, a widely used K-12 software provider, exposed student and teacher information from school districts across the U.S., including New Jersey districts where officials said data on students and educators was stolen in a nationwide cyberattack. Reporting on the incident said the compromise affected records held by schools using the platform, raising concerns about the scale of exposure across the education sector and the security of sensitive K-12 data.

Separately, Spring Lake Park Schools in Minnesota canceled classes and shut down technology systems after an outside actor gained unauthorized access to district networks in what officials described as a suspected ransomware incident. The disruption affected classes, child care, community education, and after-school programs, while the district worked with third-party cybersecurity experts, state law enforcement, and the FBI to contain the intrusion and restore operations; officials later said classes would resume and that they had no evidence at that point that personal information had been affected.