In an FAQ obtained by TechCrunch, PowerSchool confirms it negotiated with the threat actors responsible for the breach.

School districts informed families the data breach included addresses, grade levels, phone numbers, ethnicity, student alerts and emergency contacts.

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Some of the local Indiana schools, like Brownsburg and Carmel Clay Schools, had notified their families of the breach and whether data was leaked early Wednesday afternoon.

The breach is the latest in a series of high-profile cybersecurity incidents affecting K-12 schools, which are a top target of hackers and are uniquely vulnerable to cyberattacks.

Three school districts in the greater Gardner area use the PowerSchool Student Information System. Here's what they know about the data breach.

A number of schools in Connecticut have been affected by a widespread cybersecurity breach involving the PowerSchool Student Information System used by districts across the country and internationally.

New Trier said the data that was accessed included names and school ID numbers. No current students' Social Security numbers were accessed, but some former students' were.

School officials learned of the “potential cybersecurity incident” on Tuesday, Needham Public Schools Superintendent Dan Gutekanst said in a statement.

The sensitive data of millions of American adults and children have been compromised after hackers targeted California-based education software company PowerSchool, the company confirmed this week. The breach happened at the end of December,