<ul><li>A new forensic report by CrowdStrike reveals that U.S. edtech giant PowerSchool was compromised by a hacker months before the December breach.</li><li>PowerSchool confirmed unauthorized activity on its network prior to December, possibly dating back to August 2024.</li><li>The hacker used compromised support credentials to access PowerSchool's network and gained unauthorized access to the customer support portal.</li><li>PowerSchool's log data did not go far enough to attribute the earlier access to the same threat actor involved in the December breach.</li></ul>

Hacker accessed PowerSchool’s network months before massive December breach

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