( NewsNation ) — A leading education technology firm was the target of a data security breach last month, potentially exposing millions of students and teachers’ sensitive data including Social Security numbers and medical information.
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PowerSchool, the largest provider of cloud-based education software for K-12 education in the country, notified schools about the incident earlier this month , but the full scale of the cyberattack is still coming into view.
A new report from BleepingComputer, a cybersecurity news outlet, said the data breach impacted more than 62 million students and over 9.5 million teachers across 6,500 school districts…