PowerSchool , a software company used by multiple school districts across northeast Wisconsin, announced they had experienced a cybersecurity attack in their student information system Wednesday.
- Hear from the company after it announced the breach to its customers
- The Howard-Suamico School District wrote in its message regarding the attack that PowerSchool paid a ransom to the unauthorized actor to prevent the data from being released
- PowerSchool did not confirm or deny HSSD’s claim regarding a ransom payment to NBC 26
- The Berlin Area School District superintendent says no social security information was accessed in the breach
(The following is a transcription of the full broadcast story.)
A software company which serves multiple school districts in northeast Wisconsin says they had a cybersecurity breach. I’m your Suamico neighborhood reporter Pari Apostolakos and the Howard-Suamico School District says some of their information was downloaded. But, no financial or social security information was compromised.