PowerSchool hacker gets sentenced to four years in prison

PowerSchool hacker gets sentenced to four years in prison

19-year-old college student Matthew D. Lane, from Worcester, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 4 years in prison for orchestrating a cyberattack on PowerSchool in December 2024 that resulted in a massive data breach.

PowerSchool is a cloud-based software solutions provider for K-12 schools and districts, with over 18,000 customers worldwide and supporting more than 60 million students.

According to court documents, U.S. District Judge Margaret R. Guzman sentenced Lane to four years in prison on Tuesday and ordered him to pay $14 million in restitution and a $25,000 fine.

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