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.

Ascension Public Schools and Livingston Parish Schools were notified Tuesday of a potential data breach of education software PowerSchool. Both school systems notified parents about a cybersecurity incident on Dec.

County school superintendents whose teachers and administrators use the PowerSchool student information system to manage data are not happy that it took the company 11 days to report it had

Several school districts in Connecticut have been informed of a possible data breach of the PowerSchool Student Information System. The system contains information on students and staff across the country.

A data breach is impacting school districts across the country, including several here in Massachusetts, and this could mean names, addresses, medical records and even social security numbers were compromised — something local cybersecurity experts say is unsettling.

School officials learned of the “potential cybersecurity incident” on Tuesday, Needham Public Schools Superintendent Dan Gutekanst said in a statement.

Education software giant PowerSchool has confirmed it suffered a cybersecurity incident that allowed a threat actor to steal the personal information of students and teachers from school districts using its PowerSchool SIS platform.

A December cybersecurity data breach of the online PowerSchool used by SC schools system compromised personal information from some students in South Carolina.

A cyber security incident impacting a software company used by many school districts is impacting at least one school in the greater Baton Rouge area.

Classrooms in Alberta have been hit by a data breach that has affected schools across Canada. Parents and caregivers across the province received advisories Wednesday, informing them of a breach involving PowerSchool,