(TNS) — A number of schools in Connecticut have been affected by a widespread cybersecurity breach involving the PowerSchool Student Information System used by districts across the country and internationally.
The software, used by numerous schools for student and staff information and data, was affected by a breach discovered on Dec. 28 involving “unauthorized access to certain PowerSchool SIS information through one of our community-focused customer portals, PowerSource,” PowerSchool said in a statement.
School systems in Connecticut that were affected by the cybersecurity attack include Montville and Wallingford, as well as the Region 1 and Region 16 School Districts, school officials said in statements to the community. Officials with the Cromwell and Newington school systems said they were notified by PowerSchool that their student and staff data may have also been compromised…