Dear Valued Customers,

We sincerely appreciate your continued support as we respond to our recent cybersecurity incident. Since our last update, we have initiated the process of notifying involved individuals about the resources now available to them. As part of this process, we have posted a notice to our website. Credit monitoring and identity protection services are now activated and available.

In the coming weeks, Experian (on behalf of PowerSchool) will also be distributing direct email notifications to involved individuals for whom we have sufficient contact information. This email notice will include further information about the information of theirs involved and the resources PowerSchool is offering. Additionally, we have coordinated with Experian to set up a call center for your families and educators in case they have questions about these offerings.

As a reminder, PowerSchool is offering two years of complimentary identity protection services for all current and former students and educators whose information was determined to be involved. We are also offering two years of complimentary credit monitoring services for all adult students and educators whose information was determined to be involved. We are doing this regardless of whether an individual’s Social Security Number was exfiltrated.

We care deeply about keeping the students, families, and educators we support informed of this process. Please refer inquiring community members to the PowerSchool website for the latest information on the cybersecurity incident. To further support our districts and schools, PowerSchool has prepared template communications for your adapted use in conversation with families and educators as you see fit. The emails included below this message provide an update to both groups regarding the notification process and services PowerSchool is offering to involved individuals.

Thank you for your partnership in supporting this process and the trust you have placed in our response. We acknowledge the significance of this incident and are committed to emerging from it stronger and better equipped to serve you and the communities we share.

Sincerely,
Hardeep Gulati
Chief Executive Officer, PowerSchool
 
 
Parents and Guardians
 

To: Parents and Guardians
From: [CUSTOMER]
Subject: PowerSchool Cybersecurity Update

Dear [INSERT CUSTOMER NAME] Family –

We are writing to update you regarding the recent cybersecurity incident involving PowerSchool, the software vendor that provides our Student Information System (SIS).

Today, January 29, 2025, PowerSchool initiated the process of notifying individuals whose information was determined to be involved.

As previously mentioned, PowerSchool has engaged Experian, a trusted credit reporting agency, to provide complimentary identity protection and credit monitoring services to current and former students and educators that had information exfiltrated from PowerSchool SIS. PowerSchool is doing this regardless of whether an individual’s Social Security Number was exfiltrated. In the coming weeks, Experian (on behalf of PowerSchool) will be distributing direct email notifications to involved individuals (or their parent/guardian, as applicable) for whom PowerSchool has sufficient contact information.

Additionally, PowerSchool has worked with Experian to set up a dedicated, toll-free call center to answer any questions associated with these offerings and the incident. All the information regarding the activation of and access to these services will be included in the email sent to you by Experian. Whether or not you receive an email, you may also visit PowerSchool’s website to learn how to activate the offering from Experian, linked here: http://www.powerschool.com/security/sis-incident/notice-of-united-states-data-breach/.

Protecting our students and teachers remains our top priority. Thank you again for all of your support and understanding during this time.

Sincerely,
[INSERT CUSTOMER NAME]


 
 
Educator Communications
 

To: Educators
From: [CUSTOMER]
Subject: PowerSchool Cybersecurity Incident Update

Dear [INSERT CUSTOMER NAME] Educator –

We are writing to update you regarding the recent cybersecurity incident involving PowerSchool, the software vendor that provides our Student Information System (SIS).

Today, January 29, 2025, PowerSchool initiated the process of notifying individuals whose information was determined to be involved.

As previously mentioned, PowerSchool has engaged Experian, a trusted credit reporting agency, to provide complimentary identity protection and credit monitoring services to current and former students and educators that had information exfiltrated from PowerSchool SIS. PowerSchool is doing this regardless of whether an individual’s Social Security Number was exfiltrated. In the coming weeks, Experian (on behalf of PowerSchool) will be distributing direct email notifications to involved individuals for whom PowerSchool has sufficient contact information.

Additionally, PowerSchool has worked with Experian to set up a dedicated, toll-free call center to answer any questions associated with these offerings and the incident. All the information regarding the activation of and access to these services will be included in the email sent to you by Experian. Whether or not you receive an email, you may also visit PowerSchool’s website to learn how to activate the offering from Experian, linked here: http://www.powerschool.com/security/sis-incident/notice-of-united-states-data-breach/.

Protecting our students and teachers remains our top priority. Thank you again for all of your support and understanding during this time.


Sincerely,
[INSERT CUSTOMER NAME]
 
 
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