US student agrees to plead guilty to hack affecting tens of millions of students

A Massachusetts student agreed to admit his sin on federal charges to hack one of the largest educational technology in the United States, Prosecutors confirmed Tuesday.

Matthew D. Lane is accused of using the uncontrolled entry credentials to steal more than 60 million students and 10 million teachers in schools in local American and other places.

The stolen personal data included names, addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers and medical information and school prices. In some cases they stole hackers Decades of historical student information.

Although the company was not called, federal prosecutors described special details in the manufacturer of education program Powerschool in accordance with violations Appeared in January Was hacked By August 2024 and September. Schools affected by violations within the United States and Canada, which use the PowerSchool program to manage student classes, participation and other personal and healthy information.

Prosecutors, Lane, a cryptoist living in Illinois, Cryptocurrence said that he worked with a loyoist living in Cryptocurrence for about $ 2.85 million criminal declaration.

Powerschool confirmed Techcrunch in January hackers paid for deletion of stolen dataBut he refused to say how much it paid. Earlier this month, several school districts said that the stolen student information is not destroyed, they said they face the attempts of someone who said. Powerschool said that he did not associate with a new event of usurpation attempts, because “patterns of internal data are in line with the stolen information in December.”

NBC News was to report first In Lane’s Plea Agreement.

Powerschool spokesman Beth Keebler said that the company is aware of the supply and the United States lawyer’s office for Massachusetts, who did not meet an e-mail from TechCrunch. When asked, Keebler did not argue the amount of ransom as the prosecutors noted.

Lane is also accused of hacking and usurping another company that prosecutors are the US telecommunications provider. The prosecutors did not call the company in Plea.

Lane’s lawyer Sean Smith did not respond to a request for a comment.