About 312,000 North Carolina teachers’ social security numbers were exposed in the PowerSchool breach, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction told WRAL News. Another 910 students’ social security numbers were exposed,

Data belonging to an unknown number of Hanover County Public Schools students was stolen in a recent breach of a major education technology provider. Why it matters: Kids aren't immune to identity theft,

The hacker who breached education tech giant PowerSchool claimed in an extortion demand that they stole the personal data of 62.4 million students and 9.5 million teachers.

The hack has the potential to be one of the biggest of the year, but the edtech giant is refusing to answer important questions

As reported by BleepingComputer, the personal data of 62.4 million students and 9.5 million teachers was exposed during the attack when the threat actor used stolen credentials to access the PowerSchool customer support portal. After which, they used a maintenance access tool to download the data from districts’ PowerSIS databases.

School workers say they resorted to crowdsourcing help among each other following PowerSchool's breach, fueled by solidarity and the slow response from PowerSchool.

The hack of a K-12 software provider has left student and teacher information exposed in districts around the country. The breach has left many North Carolina students, teachers and families worried about the potential impact on their privacy.