🚨 PowerSchool Hacker Sentenced: 4 Years for 62M Student Data Breach
Matthew D. Lane, 19, hacked PowerSchool, stole sensitive info, demanded ransom, and now faces 4 years in prison with $14M restitution & $25K fine.
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Earlier today, Matthew Lane, the 19-year old from Massachusetts who confessed to hacking a telecom and #PowerSchool, was sentenced to 4 years in prison, 3 years supervised release after that, $14M in restitution, and forfeiture of $160k.
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Selon l’article, les procureurs demandent une peine de sept ans de prison contre Matthew Lane (19 ans, Massachusetts), après son plaidoyer de culpabilité pour le piratage des bases de données de l’entreprise d’edtech PowerSchool et le vol de données à grande échelle. 🎯 Cible: PowerSchool (edtech) 📦 Données compromises: >60 millions d’élèves et 9 millions d’enseignants 👤 Auteur: Matthew Lane, 19 ans ⚖️ Procédure: Plaidoyer de culpabilité; requête des procureurs: 7 ans de prison Un mémo de condamnation déposé mardi indique que Lane aurait également piraté au moins sept autres victimes depuis 2021, dont des entités gouvernementales étrangères.
NEW: PowerSchool hit by Salesloft Drift campaign, but hackers claim that there is no risk of harm or ransom
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Texas sues PowerSchool over breach exposing 62M students, 880k Texans
Texas Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against education software company PowerSchool, which suffered a massive data breach in December that exposed the personal information of 62 million students, including over 880,000 Texans.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against education software company PowerSchool, which suffered a massive data breach in December that exposed the personal information of 62 million students, including over 880,000 Texans.
Il Texas fa causa a #PowerSchool per una violazione che ha esposto 62 milioni di studenti e 880.000 texani
Il procuratore generale del Texas Ken Paxton ha intentato una causa contro la società di software educativo PowerSchool, che ha subito una massiccia violazione dei dati a dicembre, che ha esposto le informazioni personali di 62 milioni di studenti, tra cui oltre 880.000 texani.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/texas-sues-powerschool-after-massive-data-breach-hit-62-million-students/
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against education software company PowerSchool, which suffered a massive data breach in December that exposed the personal information of 62 million students, including over 880,000 Texans.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against PowerSchool over its massive 2024 data breach. The lawsuit claims that PowerSchool violated both the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and the Identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act by misleading customers about its security practices and failing to take reasonable measures to protect sensitive information entrusted by Texas families and school districts.
Lawsuit: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/PowerSchool%20Petition.pdf
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Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit against PowerSchool, a California-based provider of cloud-based services for K-12 schools, after an unprecedented data breach exposed the sensitive personal identifying information and protected health information of more than 880,000 Texas school-aged children and teachers.
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