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.

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.

Learn more about the massive breach that saw Social Security numbers stolen by more than 60 million students and teachers.

The data breach was announced last week by PowerSchool, a student information system used by more than 70% of school districts across the country and serving more than 60 million students and teachers.

A worldwide cyber security breach is impacting several local school districts. PowerSchool is a cloud-based software provider that allows parents to track students’ grades, schedules, assignments and absences through an app.

Officials from the Collegiate Charter School of Lowell told the school community last week the school was impacted by last month’s data breach of a third-party company, the same day

All public schools that use or have used PowerSchool’s student information system were affected “to some degree” by last month’s data breach. Who exactly was affected and what data was exposed is still unclear.

The Massapequa, Smithtown and Uniondale school districts, as well as Nassau BOCES, were swept up in the PowerSchool breach, officials said.

A cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to some PowerSchool data is affecting Ridgefield Public Schools along with school districts nationwide.