A federal judge has granted preliminary approval for AT&T to settle multiple data breach lawsuits for $177 million. The ...

Originally released on the dark web in 2024, the repackaged data includes names, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, street addresses, and social security numbers.

Matthew Lane, 19, was charged with cyber extortion conspiracy, cyber extortion and aggravated identity theft, according to federal prosecutors. PowerSchool, a student data company, was among Lane ...

News A hacker is demanding money to keep your kids’ data safe. It won’t work You can't trust them to stay silent. By Alaina Yee Senior Editor, PCWorld May 12, 2025 7:42 am PDT ...

This wasn't a traditional ransomware attack as no files were encrypted; instead, it was a simple data heist using a stolen cred. PowerSchool paid off the thieves to not just keep the purloined info ...

One of the largest providers of education tech paid off hackers so that they wouldn’t publish tens of millions of children’s personal information. But school districts are facing extortion ...

Stolen personal student and teacher data that was supposed to be destroyed after a ransom was paid is now being used to extort individual school districts. In December, a hacker gained access to ...

When pressed by WRAL, PowerSchool didn’t dispute that the company was unaware of the hack until the hacker contacted them, paying a ransom, watching the hacker delete the data via video and that ...

Reportedly, cyber criminals gained access to the company’s database via a zip file located on the company website. They stole no fewer than 2.9 billion records belonging to 170 million people.

According to a Cybernews report, the notorious Medusa ransomware gang claimed it had stolen data from the city of Aurora, Colorado, and would delete it if paid $230,000. Aurora, Colorado, is home to ...

AT&T reportedly paid a hacker $370,000 to delete stolen phone records. More than 160 other Snowflake customers were relieved of data, including TicketMaster, Lending Tree, Advance Auto Parts and ...