The hack has the potential to be one of the biggest of the year, but the edtech giant is refusing to answer important questions

Families across the area are receiving notifications about how to protect themselves after a data breach involving the PowerSchool system, which contains personal information for hundreds of thousands of students.

A hacker who breached education tech giant PowerSchool claims to have stolen the personal data of 62.4 million students and 9.5 million teachers. PowerSchool, a cloud-based software solutions provider for K-12 schools and districts,