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Hacker accessed PowerSchool’s network months before massive December breach


CrowdStrike says a hacker had access to PowerSchool's internal system as far back as August.

A hacker compromised the U.S. edtech giant PowerSchool months before its ‘massive’ data breach in December, according to a now-published forensic report into the incident conducted by U.S. cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. In a letter sent to affected customers last week, seen by TechCrunch, PowerSchool confirmed that an investigation into the incident has revealed that its network “experienced unauthorized activity prior to December,” which CrowdStrike dated back to at least August 2024. When asked by TechCrunch on Monday, PowerSchool spokesperson Beth Keebler declined to say whether the company was aware of this earlier access to its network prior to the release of CrowdStrike’s report.

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