Threat actor
PowerSchool
Last fetched
PowerSchool is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques.
Description
PowerSchool is a provider of educational technology that collects and analyzes data on over 45 million K-12 students, representing 75% of students in North Africa. The company gathers extensive information, including demographic details, citizenship status, religious affiliation, disciplinary records, medical diagnoses, and family structure. This data is used to power predictive analytics, such as risk-scoring algorithms that assess student success based on factors like family wealth. PowerSchool's acquisitions, including Naviance, Kickboard, and Hoonuit, have expanded its reach into areas like college preparation, behavioral tracking, predictive risk scoring, and additional forms of student monitoring and surveillance. In October 2024, PowerSchool was acquired by Bain Capital in a $5.6 billion deal.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for PowerSchool in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to PowerSchool today — this states the absence of a published link, not that PowerSchool has no infrastructure.
References
- https://themarkup.org/machine-learning/2022/01/11/this-private-equity-firm-is-amassing-companies-that-collect-data-on-americas-children
- https://proton.me/blog/ed-tech-trackers
- https://www.baincapital.com/news/powerschool-be-acquired-bain-capital-56-billion-transaction
- https://www.powerschool.com/news/powerschool-and-board-middle-east-partner-to-expand-digital-transformation-for-middle-east-education-leaders/
- https://www.securityinfowatch.com/school-security/news/55264965/powerschool-data-breach-endangers-the-personal-information-of-millions-of-students
- https://www.businessinsider.com/edtech-powerschool-sells-student-data-lawsuit-2024-10
- https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/22/powerschool_canada_lawsuits/
- https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/class-action-suit-targets-widespread-mining-sale-19447189.php
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Related pages
Pivot from PowerSchool into its techniques, tactics and any attributed infrastructure.
Queries
Resolves the slug to this actor, merging every duplicate node sharing the same name.
MATCH (a:ACTOR)
WHERE a.name =~ $pattern OR any(x IN a.aliases WHERE x =~ $pattern)
RETURN a.id AS id, a.name AS name, a.aliases AS aliases, a.description AS description,
a.references AS references, a.campaigns AS campaigns
LIMIT 25Techniques this actor uses, grouped by the tactic each one serves.
MATCH (a:ACTOR {name: $name})-[:USES_TECHNIQUE]->(t:ATTACK_PATTERN)
OPTIONAL MATCH (t)-[:USES_TACTIC]->(tac:ATTACK_PATTERN)
RETURN t.id AS techniqueId, t.name AS techniqueName, tac.id AS tacticId, tac.name AS tacticName
LIMIT 1000Infrastructure publicly attributed to this actor.
MATCH (n)-[:ATTRIBUTED_TO]->(a:ACTOR {name: $name})
RETURN labels(n)[0] AS kind, n.name AS name
LIMIT 25Or query Whisper from your own LLM workflow via the Whisper MCP server.