Education technology giant PowerSchool has confirmed a data breach that may have exposed information on millions of schoolchildren, putting them at risk of identity theft. PowerSchool has over 18,000 clients,

The hack has the potential to be one of the biggest of the year, but the edtech giant is refusing to answer important questions

Four decades of student and educator information was stolen from PowerSchool – tens of millions are potentially affected.

Bleeping Computer on Wednesday also reported that an extortion note the attacker sent to PowerSchool claimed that the personal data of 62.4 million students and 9.5 million teachers was swept up in the breach. PowerSchool said it’s offering two years of free credit monitoring to all those affected.

A trove of information on current and former students and teachers was accessed during the December cyberattack, sources say

Over 60 million students & teachers data may have been stolen in PowerSchool breach

Data belonging to an unknown number of Hanover County Public Schools students was stolen in a recent breach of a major education technology provider. Why it matters: Kids aren't immune to identity theft,