A Massachusetts college student has agreed to plead guilty to hacking cloud-based education software provider PowerSchool and stealing data pertaining to millions of students and teachers that hackers used to extort the company and school districts into paying ransoms.

A 19-year-old college student in Massachusetts has pleaded guilty in the PowerSchool data breach. Matthew Lane was accused of stealing tens of millions of schoolchildren’s personal information for profit. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: NC school districts received threats over breached student, staff data