Despite ransom payment, PowerSchool hacker now extorting individual school districts

PowerSchool, breached in December 2024 exposing sensitive data for over 60 million K–12 students and 9 million teachers, is reporting that the same threat actor is now attempting to extort multiple school districts using the previously stolen data; the company had paid a ransom and believed the incident contained, but evidence indicates the attacker retained copies and continued to leverage the data against customers.