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Man behind PowerSchool breach that exposed Canadian students' data sentenced to 4 years in prison

  • None--CBC News
  • published date: 2025-10-15 13:55:39 UTC

The breach at PowerSchool in December 2024 exposed sensitive data of millions of students and teachers in Canada and the U.S., which hacker Matthew Lane then used to demand a ransom of $2.85 million worth of bitcoin from the company.

A Massachusetts man who breached the network of education software provider PowerSchool to steal data belonging to millions of students and teachers and extort the company was sentenced on Tuesday to… [+2891 chars]