PowerSchool, a major education software company, announced a security breach on Tuesday, possibly affecting schools across the nation with data leaks.

(Statewide) – Indiana students are among millions across the country affected by a December 28 Power School data breach that exposed information on schools, students and families. Fayette County Schools is among the districts confirming their data was exposed. The bulk of the schools confirming a data breach are in Central Indiana.

Area school districts might have been impacted by the cyberattack of a nationwide education software cloud-based platform called PowerSchool, used to store sensitive student data.