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

PowerSchool, a popular online portal used by many New York school districts to manage student registration, grading, attendance and more, was hit by a data breach in December that saw the unauthorized release of some student information.

Schools across the US and Canada are warning parents that a data breach may have leaked information for students and employees. The K-12 operations platform PowerSchool, which supports over 60 million students and has over 18,

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.

The San Diego Unified School District Monday continued investigating the extent of a data breach by a third-party software company impacting students in the district. The data breach was announced last week by PowerSchool,

The company supports over 60 million students and has over 18,000 customers worldwide, helping schools keep track of grades, attendance and class schedules, along with other education and management tasks.