Woburn, Westford, Millis school districts affected by nationwide data breach – Boston News, Weather, Sports

On January 9, 2025By Littum

WOBURN, MASS. (WHDH) – At least three school districts in Massachusetts have been affected by a statewide data breach by software company PowerSchool.

Woburn, Westford and Millis schools have all been affected by the hack, which has potentially compromised the personal information of millions of students and teachers across the United States.

PowerSchool is a cloud-based platform that offers a range of services including enrollment, attendance and learning systems.

According to the company, the hack in late December targeted a customer service portal.

In a letter to families, Millis Public Schools Superintendent Bob Mullaney warned that compromised data could include names, addresses and contact information. Leaders in other districts said the hacked data does not contain social security numbers.

PowerSchool assures customers that they have contained the breach and that there is no evidence of malware or unauthorized activity.

“We do not expect data to be shared or published, and we believe it has been deleted without further replication or dissemination,” PowerSchool said in a statement.

The company also said there have been no operational disruptions.

In notifying families of the breach, Woburn Public Schools Superintendent Matthew Crowley wrote, “This news and the delay in which it was reported to us by PowerSchool is extremely troubling.”

PowerSchool said it will provide credit monitoring to all adults and identity protection services to all children affected by the data breach.