Professor noted the need for continued pushes for multi-factor authentication for educational services that require such extensive identifying information.

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

PowerSchool, a software provider popular at K-12 schools, was the target of a data breach in late December that affected many districts in the U.S. and in other countries, according to the company and several impacted schools .

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.

PowerSchool, a widely used platform among districts in western Washington, including Seattle and Everett, confirmed the breach.

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