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

A new report from Bleeping Computer suggests the hacker infiltrated the entire PowerSchool userbase, but PowerSchool declined to confirm or deny the numbers to PCMag.

The hack has the potential to be one of the biggest of the year, but the edtech giant is refusing to answer important questions

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.

“We want to take this opportunity to provide EVSC families and staff members with an update on the latest information we have received from PowerSchool regarding their recent data breach. PowerSchool is continuing their investigation into the incident to determine precisely what data may have been compromised.

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

Data belonging to an unknown number of Hanover County Public Schools students was stolen in a recent breach of a major education technology provider. Why it matters: Kids aren't immune to identity theft,