DALLAS — It could happen in any school in the country, including right here in North Texas.
Student records containing grades, medical information, personal data and even Social Security numbers are stored online in school databases meant to help educators manage millions of records. But authorities say one teenager found a way into one of the largest of those systems, setting off a breach that exposed sensitive information tied to students and teachers across the country, including in Dallas ISD.
Investigators say Matthew Lane, a teenage hacker interviewed by ABC News during a months-long investigation into cybercrime, used stolen credentials to gain access to PowerSchool, a platform widely used by schools to store student and employee information…